Bryan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]here allegations of individual error are found without merit, a cumulative-error argument based thereon must also fail.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cave v. State · Sochor v. State

2. “guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment. Second, the defendant must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense. This requires showing that counsel's errors were so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable. Unless a defendant makes both showings, it cannot be said that the conviction or death sentence resulted from a breakdown in the adversary process that renders the result unreliable. 466 U.S. at 687 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 . With respect to prejudice, the Court elaborated that the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 753 So. 2d 1244 - Bryan v. State

3. “Stokes' equivocal recollection that he may have been under the influence outside of trial does not warrant relief. See Kelly v. United States, 820 F.2d 1173, 1176 (11th Cir.1987)("There being no specific evidence that Kermish's drug use or dependency impaired his actual conduct at trial, Kelly has not met his initial burden of showing that Kermish's representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness. See Strickland [v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984) [2] ].").”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 753 So. 2d 1244 - Bryan v. State