815 So. 2d 601 - Carroll v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 50 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Under Strickland, ‘counsel has a duty to make reasonable investigations or to make a reasonable decision that makes particular investigations unnecessary.’” Marshall v. State, 854 So.2d 1235, 1247 (Fla.2003) (quoting Strickland, 466 U.S. at 691, 104 S.Ct. 2052 ); see also Carroll v. State, 815 So.2d 601, 614-615 (Fla.2002) (same).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Butler v. State · 967 So. 2d 131 - Willacy v. State

2. “As noted by the State, the prosecution is not required to provide the defendant all information regarding its investigatory work on a particular case regardless of its relevancy or materiality.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 857 So. 2d 861 - Wright v. State · 931 So. 2d 790 - Smith v. State

3. “The fact that Carroll has now secured the testimony of more favorable mental health experts simply does not establish that the original evaluations were insufficient.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 928 So. 2d 1089 - Davis v. State · 905 So. 2d 42 - Dufour v. State