Gomez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “has not offered a basis for the proposed objection[ ] other than vaguely asserting that the [questions were] 'bolstering.' Because he has not shown that objections to [these questions] would have been successful, [Davis] has failed to show that his trial counsel performed deficiently by not objecting.”

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

2. “'It was for the jury to determine the credibility of the witnesses and to resolve any conflicts or inconsistencies in the evidence.'”

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

3. “must prove both that [his] lawyer's performance was professionally deficient and that [he was] prejudiced as a result.”

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