Blackmon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]here exists no magic amount of time which counsel must spend in actual conference with his client, and [Morrison] does not specifically describe how additional communications with his lawyer would have enhanced his defense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morrison v. State · Davis v. State

2. “must prove both that his attorney's performance was professionally deficient and that the deficiency resulted in prejudice to his case. See Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668 , 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). To establish deficient performance, Appellant must show that his counsel's acts or omissions were objectively unreasonable, considering all the circumstances at the time and in the light of prevailing professional norms. To establish prejudice, Appellant must show a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. This burden, though not impossible to carry, is a heavy one.”

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

3. “identify the acts or omissions of counsel that are alleged not to have been the result of reasonable professional judgment”

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