Jennings v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The burden is on the defendant to show that his attorney's omissions have prejudiced his case. ... [However, Jones] did not offer any evidence at the hearing on his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel to support his assertion that his ... competency should have been [further evaluated before counsel stated he was competent to stand] trial. Accordingly, we conclude that [Jones] has failed to carry his burden to prove the prejudice prong of his claim that trial counsel was ineffective[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 180 - Kiel Jones v. State

2. “To prevail on this claim under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (104 SC 2052, 80 LE2d 674) (1984), [Appellant] “ ‘must show both deficient performance by trial counsel and actual prejudice. (Cits.)’ (Cit.)” [Cit.] “ ‘On appeal, “we accept the trial court’s factual findings and credibility determinations unless clearly erroneous, but we independently apply the legal principles to the facts. (Cits.)” (Cit.)’ (Cit.)” [Cit.]”

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

3. “In determining whether a prosecutor has improperly commented on an accused’s failure to testify, we must evaluate whether the prosecutor’s manifest intention was to comment on the accused’s failure to testify or whether the remark was of such a character that a jury would naturally and necessarily take it to be a comment on the accused’s failure to testify.”

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