Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Point I: Lesser-Included-Offense Instruction at Trial To establish a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to request a lesser[-]included[-]offense instruction, a movant must show that the evidence would have required submission of a lesser[-]included[-]offense instruction had one been requested, that the decision not to request the instruction was not reasonable trial strategy, and that the movant was thereby prejudiced.”

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

2. “To establish a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to object, a movant must show 1) that the objection would have been meritorious and 2) that the failure to object substantially deprived the movant of his right to a fair trial.”

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