Boykin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[he] may very well have prevailed on a more artfully presented motion for acquittal based upon the evidence he alleges was presented against him at trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. White v. State · 854 So. 2d 666 - Neal v. State

2. “It appears the trial court misunderstood that Boykin was required to argue the sufficiency of the evidence in his motion in order to establish he had suffered prejudice from counsel's alleged deficiency. Rather than attempting to rehash grounds that should have been dealt with on appeal, Boykin sets forth a facially sufficient claim for postconviction relief.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 854 So. 2d 666 - Neal v. State

3. “trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file an adequate motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the State's case. In particular, he allege[d] that the evidence was insufficient to establish that he actually possessed a firearm during the commission of the robbery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 854 So. 2d 666 - Neal v. State