Alejandro v. Harrison

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting statements not essential to ultimate decision are “merely persuasive” but not precedential
• “Obitur dictum is a statement of general law made by a court which is unnecessary to its decision and thus not precedential . . . .”
• [T]here is “no constitutional right mandating that a court accept an offer of guilt.”
• dictum not precedential when general statement of law unnecessary to decision
• “Obitur dictum is a statement of general law made by a court which is unnecessary to its decision and thus not precedential, but merely persuasive. . . . In contrast, judicial dictum is a statement the court expressly uses to guide parties in their future conduct.”
• dicta not binding, but has persuasive value

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).