Wickham v. Galetka’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a defendant must show (1) that counsel's performance was so deficient as to fall below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) that but for counsel's deficient performance there is a reasonable probability that the outcome of the trial would have been different.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2012 UT App 264 - State v. Bryant · State v. Nelson-Waggoner

2. “(allthough the new evidence offered by [the defendant] may have strong impeachment value-even to the point of calling into question a witness's ered-ibility-the strength of the evidence does not change the fact that it is being offered solely for impeachment purposes.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Magallanes v. South Salt Lake City · 2006 UT App 516 - Glacier Land Co. v. Claudia Klawe & Associates, L.L.C.

3. “Under the Act, a person who has been convicted and sentenced for a criminal offense may file a civil action for post-conviction relief to vacate or modify the conviction or sentence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2006 UT App 516 - Glacier Land Co. v. Claudia Klawe & Associates, L.L.C.