Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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47 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “make certain objections fall[s] within the ambit of trial strategy and cannot give rise to an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 973 So. 2d 184 - Spicer v. State · 945 So. 2d 326 - Howard v. State

2. “it shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or resist by force, or violence, or threats, or in any other manner, his lawful arrest or the lawful arrest of another person by any state, local or federal law enforcement officer. . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 980 So. 2d 959 - Roncali v. State · 973 So. 2d 1107 - Polite v. State

3. “accept as true the evidence which supports the verdict and ... reverse only when convinced that the circuit court has abused its discretion in failing to grant a new trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 817 So. 2d 644 - Collins v. State · 855 So. 2d 993 - Cousar v. State