Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a petitioner is not procedurally barred from raising claims of ineffective assistance of counsel if the same counsel represented the petitioner at trial and on direct appeal.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alvarez-Delvalle v. State · McCloud v. State

2. “Under the PCRA, a person who has been convicted and sentenced for a criminal offense may file an action in the district court ... for post-conviction relief to vacate or modify the conviction or sentence upon certain grounds.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2018 UT App 55 - Berrett v. State

3. “if a claim in a post-conviction petition could have been but was not raised at trial or on appeal, such a failure is not barred if the failure to raise the claim was due to ineffective assistance of counsel.”

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