State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appointee to represent indigent throughout trial and appeal. — An attorney appointed to represent any person under the provisions of §§ 40-2014 — 40—2028 shall proceed to counsel with and represent such person at all stages of the proceedings before the court which appointed him, and also upon any appeal from the judgment of such court which imposes a prison sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moultrie v. State

2. “on the implicit expectation that the United States Supreme Court would require that the state track the federal system by mandating lawyer prepared certiorari petitions for indigent defendants at the second tier discretionary level.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 704 So. 2d 1286 - Harris v. State