Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
97
cited by 97 later decisions
1
states following
December 2024
most recently cited
97 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Allen v. United States · State v. Kelly · Fuller v. State
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must show that trial counsel's performance fell below a reasonable standard of conduct and that there existed a reasonable probability that the outcome of the case would have been different had it not been for counsel's deficient performance.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Leanos v. State · Jackson v. State“'[a] prosecutor is granted wide latitude in the conduct of closing argument, the bounds of which are in the trial court's discretion[.]' Within that wide latitude, a prosecutor may 'comment upon and draw deductions from the evidence presented to the jury.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Menefee v. State · Maurer v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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