State v. Moritzsky’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently November 2015
21 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Verde · State v. Frame · State v. Pursifell · State v. Speer
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`defendant's burden of proof is quite limited. He need not [even] prove the defense. . . by a mere preponderance.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(1) his counsel rendered an objectively deficient performance, demonstrated by specific acts or omissions; and (2) counsel’s error prejudiced defendant, i.e., a “reasonable probability” exists that, but for counsel’s acts or omissions, the verdict would have been more favorable to defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hallett“made or attempted by use of force, or in a violent and tumultuous manner, or surreptitiously or by stealth, or for the purpose of committing a felony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Karr
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.