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

1. “Courts need not address both prongs of the Strickland test, and if a court can resolve the case by addressing only one prong it is encouraged to do so.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rourke v. State · Oien v. State

2. “show that counsel's representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rourke v. State · Davies v. State

3. “must allege facts that, if proven, would support a conclusion that rejection of the plea bargain would have been rational because valid defenses existed, a suppression motion could have undermined the prosecution's case, or there was a realistic potential for a lower sentence.”

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