808 So. 2d 175 - Floyd v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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39 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “such magnitude as to constitute a serious error or substantial deficiency falling measurably outside the range of professionally acceptable performance and, second, whether the deficiency in performance compromised the appellate process to such a degree as to undermine confidence in the correctness of the result.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 926 So. 2d 1156 - Walls v. State · 885 So. 2d 338 - Hodges v. State

2. “When a postconviction court summarily denies a defendant's motion without an evidentiary hearing, an appellate court 'must accept a defendant's factual allegations as true to the extent they are not refuted by the record.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. JORGE HANANIA v. STATE OF FLORIDA · JULIO S. CENDEJAS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

3. “Under rule 3.850, a postconviction defendant is entitled to an evidentiary hearing unless the motion and record conclusively show that the defendant is entitled to no relief.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rivera v. State · 901 So. 2d 766 - Kokal v. State