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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 7 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Worden.

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1 People v. Worden Anchor
ny · 2013
green “the prosecutor, defense counsel and the court all suffered from the same misunderstanding of the court's sentencing discretion, it would be unreasonable to conclude that defendant understood it” 4
2 People v. Johnson
ny · 2014
green “it is impossible to have confidence, on a record like this, that defendant had a clear understanding of what he was doing when he entered his plea,” 3

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