State v. Roache’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

174 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 176 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, the defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient. This requires showing that counsel made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the “counsel” guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment. Second, the defendant must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense. This requires showing that counsel’s errors were so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 N.C. App. 723 - State v. Medina · 169 N.C. App. 90 - State v. Sutton

2. “Abuse of discretion results where the court's ruling is manifestly unsupported by reason or is so arbitrary that it could not have been the result of a reasoned decision.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 628 - In re L.Z.A. · In re J.H.

3. “[W]hen [jury] instructions, viewed in their entirety, present the law fairly and accurately to the jury, the instructions will be upheld.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Smith · 168 N.C. App. 597 - State v. Michaelis