241 Ill. 2d 319 - People v. Manning’s Empirical Analysis

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270 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 276 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[C]ounsel's strategic choices are virtually unchallengeable.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Sturgeon · People v. Maya

2. “"`[A] defendant must show that his counsel's performance was so inadequate that counsel was not functioning as the "counsel" guaranteed by the sixth amendment. Counsel's performance is measured by an objective standard of competence under prevailing professional norms. Further, in order to establish deficient performance, the defendant must overcome the strong presumption that the challenged action or inaction may have been the product of sound trial strategy. [Citations.] Matters of trial strategy are generally immune from claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. [Citation.]'" Id. at 326-27, 350 Ill.Dec. 262 , 948 N.E.2d 542 (quoting People v. Smith, 195 Ill.2d 179, 188 , 253 Ill.Dec. 660 , 745 N.E.2d 1194 (2000)).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Veach · People v. White

3. “[a] defendant must show that counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 355 Ill. Dec. 688 - People v. Weeks · People v. White