225 Wis. 2d 702 - State v. Byrge’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] defendant who alleges that counsel was ineffective by failing to take certain steps must show with specificity what the actions, if taken, would have revealed and how they would have altered the outcome of the proceeding”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Prescott · State v. Ward

2. “A person is not incompetent simply because he or she is not in good mental health or because he or she has thoughts that a mature, healthy individual would not have.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Becker v. State

3. “when the message from the supreme court is that the court of appeals should not even have addressed the issue in the first instance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Blum Ex Rel. Studinski v. 1st Auto & Cas. Ins. Co.