Helmig v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 87 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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]o prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, [Movant] must show that his appellate counsel failed to raise a claim of error that a competent and effective lawyer would have recognized and asserted.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Evans v. State · Seals v. State

2. “Rule 84.04(e) limits the argument portion of the brief to those errors included in the "Points Relied On." We determine only those questions stated in the points relied on. Accordingly, in addressing movant's points on appeal, we consider all arguments encompassed by each point relied on, but we do not consider arguments and issues raised in the argument portion of the brief which are not encompassed by the points relied on.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of T.B. · In Re Tb

3. “something must have been done by counsel, or something must have been forgone by counsel and lost to defendant, which was detrimental to the interests of defendant and advantageous to another.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nunley v. State · Cooper v. State