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435 So. 2d 809 - Jent v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 1986
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Knight v. State · Harris v. California · 408 So. 2d 1024 - Jent v. State

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

  1. “This Court specifically finds there was no specific omission or overt act that was a substantial and serious deficiency, measurably below that of competent counsel. Given the totality of the circumstances, Mr. Pearl rendered reasonably effective counsel.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[s]everal of these alleged failings have their basis in points considered on direct appeal where this Court found no error to have occurred.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.