Rylander v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

136 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 136 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]rial counsel should ordinarily be afforded an opportunity to explain his actions before being denounced as ineffective.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Menefield v. State · Saldana v. State

2. “A vague, inarticulate sense that counsel could have provided a better defense is not a legal basis for finding counsel constitutionally incompetent.... [A] defendant must prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that there is, in fact, no plausible professional reason for a specific act or omission.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Storr v. State · Jackson v. State

3. “because the ineffective assistance claim is raised on direct appeal, trial counsel has not had an opportunity to respond to these areas of concern”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re KK · In Re TNF