Muckle v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “trial counsel's decision as to which defense witnesses to call is a matter of trial strategy and tactics, and tactical errors in that regard will not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel unless those errors are unreasonable ones no competent attorney would have made under similar circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 143 - LEWIS v. the STATE.

2. “must show that his trial counsel acted or failed to act in an objectively unreasonable way, considering all of the circumstances and in light of prevailing professional norms.”

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

3. “no specific manner of corroboration of the confession is required, and corroboration in any particular is sufficient.”

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