State v. Love’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under this two-prong test, a defendant who challenges the adequacy of his or her counsel’s representation must show (1) that counsel’s performance was deficient and (2) that the defendant was prejudiced by this deficiency. “Deficient” assistance requires a showing that trial counsel’s representation of the defendant fell below an objective standard of reasonableness. If the defendant establishes that counsel’s performance was deficient, the defendant must next show that, but for counsel’s errors, the result of the trial probably would have been different.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doleman v. State