State v. Nash’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a PCR petition is a defendant's last chance to challenge the 'fairness and reliability of a criminal verdict in our state system.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 457 N.J. Super. 1 - State v. Bass · 435 N.J. Super. 351 - State of New Jersey v. Alice O'Donnell

2. “reading of a cold record is a pale substitute for a trial judge's assessment of the credibility of a witness he has observed firsthand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of New Jersey v. Stephon G. Wright

3. “The test is not whether defense counsel could have done better, but whether he met the constitutional threshold for effectiveness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Eduardo Cortez v. Joseph G. Gindhart, Esquire D/B/A Joseph G. Gindhart & Associates and Joseph G. Gindhart & Associates