769 So. 2d 974 - Asay v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 98 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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “merely because the defendant has now secured the testimony of a more favorable mental health expert.”

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hertz v. State · Peede v. State

2. “deprived the defendant of a reliable penalty phase proceeding.”

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Henry v. State · Mungin v. State

3. “[T]rial counsel was not deficient where the defendant had been examined prior to trial by mental health experts and the defendant was simply able to secure a more favorable diagnosis in postconviction.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hertz v. State · 966 So. 2d 337 - Cox v. State