Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 33 state decisions

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

1. “A finding of no manifest injustice under the `plain error' standard on a direct appeal serves to establish a finding of no prejudice under the test for ineffective assistance of counsel provided in Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hunt v. State · Ex Parte Scott, 1091275 (Ala. 3-18-2011)

2. “`whether "the sentencer . . . would have concluded that the balance of aggravating and mitigating circumstances did not warrant death.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hunt v. State · Boyd v. State

3. “`[A] finding of no plain error is one factor to consider when assessing the performance of counsel.' Fortenberry [v. State ], 659 So.2d 194 , 200 (Ala.Cr.App. 1994), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 846 , 116 S.Ct. 137 , 133 L.Ed.2d 84 (1995), quoting Hallford [v. State ], 629 So.2d 6 , 10 (Ala.Cr.App. 1992), cert. denied, 511 U.S. 1100 , 114 S.Ct. 1870 , 128 L.Ed.2d 491 (1994). `”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Slaton v. State · 885 So. 2d 191 - McGahee v. State