708 So. 2d 206 - Lane v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"`[i]t is well settled that "[a] decision on a motion for a new trial rests largely within the discretion of the trial court, and [that] in reviewing such a decision this court will indulge every presumption in favor of the correctness thereof."... "A trial judge's denial of a motion for new trial will not be disturbed [on appeal] in the absence of a showing of [an] abuse of discretion."' Sistrunk v. State, 630 So.2d 147, 154 (Ala.Cr.App. 1993) (citing Brownlee v. State, 545 So.2d 151, 164 (Ala.Cr.App.1988), aff'd, Ex parte Brownlee, 545 So.2d 166 (Ala. 1989), cert. denied, Brownlee v. Alabama, 493 U.S. 874 , 110 S.Ct. 208 , 107 L.Ed.2d 161 (1989))."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dixon v. State · 740 So. 2d 1147 - Wright v. State

2. ““This court has held that ‘[objections are a matter of trial strategy, and an appellant must overcome the presumption that “conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance,” that is, the presumption that the challenged action “might be considered sound trial strategy.” Moore v. State, 659 So.2d 205, 209 (Ala.Cr.App.1994), citing Strickland [v. Washington], 466 U.S. [668] at 687-88, 104 S.Ct. [2052] at 2064-65 [ (1984) ].’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. State · 21 So. 3d 772 - Hooks v. State