Wells v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[t]he maximum possible sentence provided by law for conviction of the offense charged is the most important consequence of the plea” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• reversing because the trial court failed to inform the defendant what the maximum potential sentence would be
• granting defendants’ motions to withdraw their guilty pleas when the trial judge entirely failed to inform them of the possible maximum sentences
• “The maximum possible sentence provided by law for conviction of the offense charged is the most important ‘consequence of the plea.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vittitoe v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-07· cited 78×
• Scarborough v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-04-26· cited 54×
• State v. James
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-03· cited 45×
• Murphy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1983-12-15· cited 29×
• Meyer v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-12-13· cited 19×
• State v. Cabrera
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2005-10-19· cited 8×
• State v. CARMELO T.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2008-09-30· cited 7×
• Krewson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-12-27· cited 6×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-05-15· cited 6×
• Stow v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-01-16
• Velasquez v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-04-27
• Vazquez v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-11-25
• Shorts v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-05-30
• New Enterprise Associates 14, L.P. v. Rich
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2023-05-02
• Barlow v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-07-08
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-09-30

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McCarthy v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-02· cited 3,200×
• Shoemaker v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-05-13· cited 53×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1969-01-31· cited 33×
• State v. Insley
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1958-05-28· cited 25×
• State v. Casto
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-05-13· cited 12×
• Veach v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1969-04-25· cited 3×