Scruggs v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 54 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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Unless the petition and the files and records of the proceeding conclusively show that the petitioner is entitled to no relief, the court shall promptly set an early hearing on the petition and response thereto, and promptly determine the issues, make findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect thereto, and either deny the petition or enter an order granting appropriate relief.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roby v. State · Hummel v. State

2. “a direct appeal from a judgment of conviction is not the most appropriate way to raise a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel because the reviewing court does not have the benefit of all the facts concerning why defense counsel did or did not do certain things.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kenneth Edward Murray v. Frank W. Wood · Kenneth E. Murray v. Sheryl Ramstad Hvass, Commissioner of Corrections

3. “[b]ecause Minnesota courts will 'consider[] ineffective-assistance claims in post-conviction proceedings even though [the] petitioner did not raise the claims on direct appeal,'... we conclude that Murray has not exhausted his state remedies with respect to that claim,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kenneth Edward Murray v. Frank W. Wood · Kenneth E. Murray v. Sheryl Ramstad Hvass, Commissioner of Corrections