Watson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “authorized by a different interpretation of [S]ection 570.030 without objection [such that the parties] should not receive the benefit of retroactive application of [the Supreme] Court's decision in Bazell .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bosworth v. State · Whittley v. State

2. “erroneously conflates procedural cognizability with substantive merit.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Abrams v. State · Whittley v. State

3. “may be procedurally cognizable under Rule 24.035 in a strictly technical sense, [it] is substantively without merit as a matter of law”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Harris v. State