722 So. 2d 447 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 23 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “failure to present a case in mitigation during the sentencing phase of a capital trial is not, per se, ineffective assistance of counsel.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGilberry v. State · Wilcher v. State

2. “The standard of acceptable performance by an attorney is the same for appellate performance as it is for trial performance. Foster v. State, 687 So.2d 1124, 1138 (Miss.1996). One who claims ineffective assistance of counsel must show both professional error and resulting prejudice. It is clear that there is no constitutional entitlement to errorless counsel. Cabello v. State, 524 So.2d 313, 315 (Miss.1988).... If a post-conviction claim fails on either of the Strickland prongs, the inquiry ends. Foster, 687 So.2d at 1130 (citing Neal v. State, 525 So.2d 1279, 1281 (Miss.1987)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wiley v. State

3. “Stringer v. State, 627 So.2d 326, 328-29 (Miss.1993). There is no constitutional guarantee to errorless counsel. Cabello v. State, 524 So.2d 313, 315 (Miss.1988). One who claims ineffective assistance of counsel must show not only the deficiency of counsel's performance but also that any such deficiency constituted prejudice to the defense. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984); Williams v. State, 722 So.2d 447, 448 (Miss.1998). This requires a showing that the error or omission was of such magnitude that it created”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State