Taylor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if counsel had raised the claims, there is a reasonable probability the outcome of the appeal would have been different.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Lance C. Shockley v. State of Missouri · Collings v. State

2. “[t]he evidence at issue must be favorable to the accused, either because it is exculpatory, or because it is impeaching; that evidence must have been suppressed by the State, either willfully or inadvertently; and prejudice must have ensued.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lance C. Shockley v. State of Missouri · State v. West

3. “To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, the movant must establish that counsel failed to raise a claim of error that was so obvious that a competent and effective lawyer would have recognized and asserted it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Lance C. Shockley v. State of Missouri