Hendrix v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]n the context of a failure-to-consult claim such as that alleged here, the defendant must establish that his counsel’s failure to consult was prejudicial to his defense, i.e., that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s failure to consult, the result of [his trial] would have been different,.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Walker v. State · Winters v. State

2. “Moreover, Palmer has still presented no evidence of any medical opinion that he was incompetent to stand trial. Under these circumstances Palmer cannot show deficiency, so his claim fails. Regarding Palmer's second contention, that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to a witness's testimony that she received threats from Palmer's family or to the State's alleged improper bolstering of that testimony, we also see no error. The testimony was plainly permitted and was not improperly bolstered.”

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

3. “drew on reasonable inferences from admissible evidence and the trial proceedings”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 421 - PETTIS v. the STATE.