463 So. 2d 207 - Johnson v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 66 state decisions

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

1. “first, whether the alleged omissions are of such magnitude as to constitute a serious error or substantial deficiency falling measurably outside the range of professionally acceptable performance and, second, whether the deficiency in performance compromised the appellate process to such a degree as to undermine confidence in the correctness of the result.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chandler v. Dugger · State v. Riechmann

2. “As was stated above, we will not reach the question of whether petitioner's temporary absence from the courtroom was fundamental error or even simple legal error. We consider only whether appellate counsel's omission to raise it on appeal was a serious deviation from professional norms and, if so, whether the defect undermines the confidence in the outcome of the appellate process. Strickland v. Washington.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 580 So. 2d 243 - Harris v. State · Johnson v. Wainwright

3. “[W]e will not allow this habeas corpus proceeding to become a direct vehicle for belated appellate review.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 496 So. 2d 798 - Pope v. Wainwright · 801 So. 2d 906 - Downs v. Moore