Parsons v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 2 district · 71 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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' "first, that his counsel rendered a deficient performance in some demonstrable manner, which performance fell below an objective standard of reasonable judgment and, second, that counsel's performance prejudiced the defendant.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Diaz · State v. Carter

2. “[DJlefendant's mere allegation that he would have insisted on trial but for his trial counsel's errors, although necessary, is ultimately insufficient to entitle him to relief. Rather, we look to the factual cireumstances surrounding the plea to determine whether [defendant] would have proceeded to trial. Specifically, while defendant is not required to prove a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's mistakes, he would have prevailed at trial, the assessment of whether he would have changed his plea depends in large part on a prediction of whether the outcome of the district court proceedings would have been different if his counsel had not committed the alleged errors.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Silva · Rhinehart v. State

3. “[ Whenever there is a legitimate exercise of professional judgment in the choice of trial strategy, the fact that it did not produce the expected result does not constitute ineffectiveness of counsel.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ott · State v. Simpson