Blake v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “Appellate review of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim begins with a presumption of competence, and the burden is upon the defendant to demonstrate both a deficient performance and resulting prejudice. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687-89 , 104 S.Ct. 2052, 2064-65 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). If such a claim can be disposed of on the ground of lack of prejudice, an appellate court need not determine whether trial coun-. sel’s performance was deficient. Id. at 697 , 104 S.Ct. at 2069 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hiler v. State

2. “draws no distinction between types of marriage, and, therefore, as was true under prior common law, the privilege would apply equally to common law and ceremonial marriages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Murphy v. State