193 N.C. App. 150 - State v. Tanner’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. “To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must first show that his counsel's performance was deficient and then that counsel's deficient performance prejudiced his defense[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ruffin · 205 N.C. App. 629 - State v. Moses

2. “[I]f a reviewing court can determine at the outset that there is no reasonable probability that in the absence of counsel's alleged errors the result of the proceeding would have been different, then the court need not determine whether counsel's performance was actually deficient.”

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

3. “[t]he dispositive issue before this Court becomes whether there is a reasonable probability that the trial court would have granted defendant's motion to dismiss”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 N.C. App. 792 - State v. Valdez