Gilley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A trial judge enjoys a great deal of discretion as to the relevancy and admissibility of evidence. Unless the judge abuses this discretion so as to be prejudicial to the accused, the Court will not reverse this ruling.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edmonds v. State · Hill v. State

2. “the defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. James Curtis Clark v. State of Mississippi · 798 So. 2d 460 - Wansley v. State

3. “indication or reasonable inference of probable tampering with the evidence . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 838 So. 2d 343 - Pate v. State · 823 So. 2d 1210 - Williams v. State