Randolph v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 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. “[T]he purpose of an appellate brief is to present arguments in support of the points on appeal.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Whitfield v. State · Jones v. State

2. “Appellate counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to raise an unpreserved issue on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. State · 990 So. 2d 1119 - Walker v. State

3. “We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding Ga-lemore’s testimony. First, it should be noted that Galemore’s testimony was offered during the penalty phase of Troy’s trial, which lasted over four and a half days. Defense counsel called twenty-nine witnesses during this phase, indicating that the judge was not categorically excluding mitigation evidence or the presentation of defense witnesses. Furthermore, Galemore had never met Troy, nor had he ever witnessed Troy during one of his periods of incarceration, making his potential assessment regarding Troy’s possible prison experience entirely speculative. When considered in context of the entire penalty phase, the other witnesses called, and the arguments defense counsel nevertheless made regarding a possible life sentence, the exclusion of Galemore as a witness was not an abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Troy v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections