293 Ga. App. 674 - Farris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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

1. “To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance, appellant must show that counsel's performance was deficient and that the deficient performance so prejudiced the client that there is a reasonable likelihood that, but for counsel's errors, the outcome of the trial would have been different.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 266 - Boatright v. State · Towry v. State

2. “Evidence of the defendant's prior acts toward the victim, be it a prior assault, a quarrel, or a threat, is admissible when the defendant is accused of a criminal act against the victim, as the prior acts are evidence of the relationship between the victim and the defendant and may show the defendant's motive, intent, and bent of mind in committing the act against the victim which results in the charges for which the defendant is being prosecuted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 312 Ga. App. 68 - Washington v. State

3. “Therefore, the original affidavit showed a substantial basis for the magistrate to conclude that a crime had been committed and that evidence of that crime would be found in [Rhodes’s blood, and] the information that [Rhodes] claims was improperly omitted [did] not alter the basis for the issuance of the search warrant.”

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