Simpson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The] mere possibility of a conflict of interest is not enough to impugn a criminal conviction under the Sixth Amendment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kevin M. Millette v. State of Rhode Island · State v. Justice Andrade

2. “[i]n certain Sixth Amendment contexts, prejudice is presumed. Actual or constructive denial of the assistance of counsel altogether is legally presumed to result in prejudice.”

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

3. “actively represented conflicting interests and that an actual conflict of interest adversely affected [the] lawyer's performance.”

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