Sanders v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well-settled that `counsel is allowed considerable latitude in the argument of cases and is limited not only to the facts presented in evidence, but also to deduction and conclusions he may reasonably draw therefrom, and the application of the law to the facts.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dampier v. State · 956 So. 2d 1078 - Shumaker v. State

2. “[B]efore counsel can be deemed to have been ineffective, it must be shown (1) that counsel's performance was deficient and (2) that the defendant was prejudiced by counsel's mistakes.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 836 So. 2d 779 - Pittman v. State · 886 So. 2d 22 - Barrett v. State

3. “there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 836 So. 2d 779 - Pittman v. State · 886 So. 2d 22 - Barrett v. State