Sullivan v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
February 2025
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Crawford v. Washington · United States v. Cronic · Malcolm 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we evaluate only the effects of matters determined to be error, not the cumulative effect of non-errors. As explained above, [Cobb] has failed to show that counsel was professionally deficient in [failing to call an eyewitness expert]. Assuming, without deciding, that the failure to [call inmate Keith Dixon] was deficient, [Cobb] has not shown Strickland prejudice from [this omission]. Therefore, his cumulative effect assertion has no merit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“To determine whether one crime is included in another, and therefore merges as a matter of fact, the court must assess whether conviction for one of the offenses is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to establish the other crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A defendant who contends a strategic decision constitutes deficient performance must show that no competent attorney, under similar circumstances, would have made it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Davis v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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