Burruss v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Based upon the facts of this case, the failure to object to the State showing the results of Appellant’s passed polygraph, whereby he would have confirmed the admission of his violation and bolstered the State’s case against him was horribly prejudicial to the Appellant, and ... that would require the reversal of the judgment of the trial court. First, ... the failure to object by Appellant’s counsel was not within the range of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases, and second, there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s errors, Appellant’s probation would not have been revoked.”

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