Morrow v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 79 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “held that '[w]here the pleadings consist only of bare assertions and conclusions, a motion court cannot meaningfully apply the Strickland standard for ineffective assistance of counsel.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barnett v. Roper · Moss v. State

2. “The motion court clearly erred in denying a hearing on the claim that lethal injection is unconstitutional, as applied in Missouri, because that ruling denied [Goodwin] his rights to due process and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment .... in that the motion alleged facts, not conclusions, that entitled him to relief; specifically, that Missouri’s method of execution i! flawed in that it causes unnecessary pain as evidenced by 11 other executions that encountered problems and resulted in prolonged and unnecessary pain and the problems will likely reoccur since the Missouri statute confers unlimited discretion to the Department of Corrections and the procedures and protocols do not include safeguards regarding the manner in which executions should occur, fail to establish minimum qualifications and expertise for personnel conducting executions, and do not provide criteria and standards for lethal injection procedures, but use drugs that cause unnecessary pain and suffering; the allegations were not refuted by the record....”

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

3. “[a]n appellant is entitled to an evidentiary hearing only if his motion meets three requirements: (1) the motion must allege facts, not conclusions, warranting relief; (2) the facts alleged must raise matters not refuted by the files and records in the case; and (3) the matters of which movant complains must have resulted in prejudice.”

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