Walker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[o]nly where it is reasonably probable that but for the attorney's errors, the outcome of the trial would have been different, will we find that counsel's performance was deficient.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leavitt v. State · Grayson v. State

2. “it cannot be said that the conviction ... resulted from a breakdown in the adversary process that renders the result unreliable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 911 So. 2d 556 - Jones v. State · 893 So. 2d 1042 - Irby v. State

3. “Because we have held that the underlying claims are without merit, [Howard] cannot show the requisite deficient performance and resulting prejudice necessary to establish the various claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 945 So. 2d 326 - Howard v. State