Patterson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To prevail on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, [Pryor] must show counsel’s performance was deficient and that the deficient performance prejudiced him to the point that a reasonable probability exists that, but for counsel’s errors, the outcome of the trial would have been different.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 333 Ga. App. 408 - Pryor v. the State

2. “cull the record on behalf of a party in search of instances of error[,] [and] [t]he burden is upon the party alleging error to show it affirmatively in the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. CUYLER v. the STATE.

3. “falls within the broad range of reasonable professional conduct, and a criminal defendant must overcome this presumption.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. CUYLER v. the STATE.