State v. Gaffney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any grounds for post-conviction relief which have been litigated in the proceedings leading to the judgment of conviction shall not be re-litigated in these proceedings. All grounds for relief available to petitioner must be raised by petitioner either in his petition or in the hearing thereon. Any ground not raised will be presumed waived and may not be the basis for subsequent petition unless the court finds there was reasonable ground for omitting the matter in the original petition or hearing. Any matters raised by appeal or other proceedings such as habeas corpus which have finally been disposed of on the merits may not form a basis for relief in this proceeding. (Emphasis added.)”

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