Byrum v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To prevail on his claim of ineffective assistance, appellant must show that his attorney’s performance was deficient and that the deficient performance so prejudiced him that there is a reasonable likelihood that, but for counsel’s errors, the outcome of his trial would have been different. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (104 SC 2052, 80 LE2d 674) (1984). He also must overcome the strong presumption that his attorney’s conduct fell within the broad range of reasonable professional conduct. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 292 Ga. App. 37 - Spragg v. State

2. “A trial court’s decision not to grant a mistrial based on a prosecutor’s improper remarks will not be disturbed on appeal absent a manifest abuse of discretion. [Cit.] Moreover, a new trial will not be granted unless it is clear that the trial court’s curative actions failed to eliminate the improper argument from consideration by the jury. [Cit.]”

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

3. “Although OCGA § 24-9-83 provides that written contradictory statements that are in existence shall be shown or read to the witness, there is no similar language requiring [audio recordings of] statements to be [played for] the witness prior to their use for impeachment purposes.”

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