Atchley 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. “When appealing the denial of a PCR petition, the appellant faces a rigorous standard of review. The appellant must demonstrate that the evidence, when taken as a whole, is without conflict and leads unerringly and unmistakably to a conclusion opposite to that reached by the trial court We accept the trial court's findings of fact unless they are clearly erroneous, but we do not defer to the trial court's conclusions of law. [The PCR appellant] bears the burden of establishing his grounds by a preponderance of the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Turner v. State · Renfroe v. Parke

2. “An appellee's failure to respond to an issue raised by an appellant is akin to failure to file a brief”

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

3. “error that is evident at first sight, on first appearance, or on the face of it.”

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