Malone v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
54
cited by 54 later decisions
2
states following
February 2026
most recently cited
51 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · United States v. Olano · Jones v. Barnes · Atkins v. Virginia
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The likelihood of a different result must be substantial, not just conceivable.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“When a claim of ineffectiveness of counsel can be disposed of on the ground of lack of prejudice, that course should be followed.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. BARNES v. STATE · VASQUEZ v. STATE“only to the extent necessary to determine whether there was sufficient evidence from which a rational sentencer could find that the balance of aggravating and mitigating circumstances warranted a death sentence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. BOSSE v. STATE · BOSSE v. STATE
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.