Rivers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`it is extremely difficult [for Williams] to overcome this presumption.' [Cit.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morgan v. State · 267 Ga. App. 283 - Williams v. State

2. “since [Sian] did not carry his burden of establishing that trial counsel’s action fell without the wide range of reasonable professional assistance, we see no error in the trial court’s determination that trial counsel was not ineffective. Inasmuch as [Sian] failed to establish that any aspect of trial counsel’s performance was deficient and that the deficiency was prejudicial, the trial court did not err in concluding that [Sian] was not deprived of the effective assistance of counsel at trial. 26”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Slan v. State

3. “Where, as it appears here, fingerprint evidence is the sole evidence connecting a defendant with the crime [charged], the State is required “ ‘to prove to the exclusion of every reasonable hypothesis that the fingerprints could only have been impressed at the time the crime was committed. (Cit.)’ ” [Cits.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of D. G.