Redwine v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “when addressing a claim of ineffectiveness of counsel, the reasonableness of counsel's conduct is examined from counsel's perspective at the time of trial. Thus, a new decision does not apply in a manner that would require counsel to argue beyond existing precedent and anticipate the substance of the opinion before it was issued.”

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

2. “[W]hen addressing a claim of ineffectiveness of counsel, the reasonableness of counsel's conduct is examined from counsel's perspective at the time of trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. BONNER v. the STATE.

3. “In making litigation decisions, there is no general duty on the part of defense counsel to anticipate changes in the law.”

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