2017 UT App 204 - State v. Wilkinson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “must bear in mind the strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance. Put another way, the defendant must overcome the presumption that, under the circumstances, the challenged action might be considered sound trial strategy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2018 UT App 108 - State v. Padilla

2. “(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 would have been different.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2018 UT App 108 - State v. Padilla

3. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, we recite the facts from the record in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict.”

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