Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because post-conviction relief cases are not an opportunity to relitigate issues, it is the unusual case in which a post-conviction relief court will compel discovery, limited to issues upon which relief is available. This is because post-conviction relief is not a device for investigating possible claims, but a means for vindicating actual claims.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chatman v. State

2. “The court, for good cause, may grant leave to either party to use the discovery procedures available in criminal or civil proceedings. Discovery procedures may be used only to the extent and in the manner the court has ordered or to which the parties have agreed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chatman v. State

3. “A district court has broad discretion in defining the scope of discovery, and we will not reverse a court's discovery decision absent an abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chatman v. State