State v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In order to prevail on [a] claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, [a defendant] must show that his counsel's actions prejudiced him because those actions allowed the seating of an actually biased juror.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Martinez-Castellanos

2. “is a matter of federal law, on which we are bound to follow Supreme Court precedent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Garcia

3. “fell below an objective standard of reasonable professional judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Robertson