Hughes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Hughes’ allegation about the adequacy of his attorney’s discovery must be assessed in light of the accepted principle that “[a] guilty plea generally waives any future complaint the defendant might have about trial counsel’s failure to investigate his case.” In other words, Hughes’ plea of guilty to the charge of second-degree robbery means “any claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is immaterial except to the extent that it impinges the voluntariness and knowledge with which the plea was made.” To establish prejudice in the factual context of this case, Hughes must show the existence of a reasonable probability that he would have elected to proceed to trial, rather than entering a guilty plea, but for his counsel’s alleged error in failing to view the videotape.”

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

2. “struggled with [store employees] while trying to escape with the stolen drugs”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Ash