761 So. 2d 1055 - Freeman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 255 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 261 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “first, whether the alleged omissions are of such magnitude as to constitute a serious error or substantial deficiency falling measurably outside the range of professionally acceptable performance and, second, whether the deficiency in performance compromised the appellate process to such a degree as to undermine confidence in the correctness of the result.”

   72 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Douglas v. State · Taylor v. State

2. “The defendant has the burden of alleging a specific, serious omission or overt act upon which the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel can be based.”

   37 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Patton v. State · Connor v. State

3. “[A] defendant is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a postconviction relief motion unless (1) the motion, files, and records in the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief, or (2) the motion or a particular claim is legally insufficient.”

   34 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Michael Webb v. State · Robinson v. State