Black v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 30 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “related directly to the central issue of whether [the defendant] acted with deliberation or in a fit of rage or out of self-defense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Phillip G. Payne v. State of Missouri · McFadden v. State

2. “To establish ineffectiveness, a defendant must show that counsel’s representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness. To establish prejudice he must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”

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

3. “does not have discretion to reject evidence as cumulative when it goes to the very root of the matter in controversy or relates to the main issue, the decision of which turns on the weight of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shallow v. Follwell