State v. Jaynes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In order to establish ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must establish (1) that his attorney’s performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness; and (2) that the defend ant was prejudiced by his attorney s performance to the extent there exists a reasonable probability that the result of the trial would have been different absent the error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 153 N.C. App. 546 - State v. O'HANLAN

2. “statements contained in closing arguments to the jury are not to be placed in isolation or taken out of context on appeal. Instead, on appeal we must give consideration to the context in which the remarks were made and the overall factual circumstances to which they referred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 438 - Hayes v. Waltz

3. “a finding of premeditation and deliberation indicates `a more calculated and cold-blooded crime.'”

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