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← 292 GA 239 - Durham v. State

Durham v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2012

Citation profile

56
cited by 56 later decisions
1
states following
October 2024
most recently cited

56 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Crawford v. Washington · Nix v. Whiteside · State v. Kelly

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

  1. “[i]n appeals of criminal cases, plain error review is currently limited to alleged error in three circumstances: the sentencing phase of a trial resulting in the death penalty, a trial judge’s expression of opinion in violation of OCGA § 17-8-57, and a jury charge affecting substantial rights of the parties as provided under OCGA § 17-8-58 (b). [Cit.]”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “the error seriously affect[ed] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of the proceedings below.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “legitimate trial strategy that falls within the range of reasonable professional conduct.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.