875 So. 2d 415 - Reed v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 43 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An ineffective assistance claim does not arise from the failure to present mitigation evidence where that evidence presents a double-edged sword.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Evans v. Secretary, Department of Corrections · Evans v. State

2. “[T]his Court has acknowledged in the past that an antisocial personality disorder is `a trait most jurors tend to look disfavorably upon.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 967 So. 2d 131 - Willacy v. State · 941 So. 2d 1017 - Looney v. State

3. “(1) this Court must defer to the circuit court’s findings on factual issues so long as competent substantial evidence supports them; but (2) must review de novo ultimate conclusions on the deficiency and prejudice prongs. Reed v. State, 875 So.2d 415, 421-22 (Fla.2004) (citing Stephens v. State, 748 So.2d 1028, 1033 (Fla.1999) (“Thus, under Strickland , both the performance and prejudice prongs are mixed questions of law and fact, with deference to be given only to the lower court’s factual findings.”)).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 983 So. 2d 443 - Derrick v. State · 151 So. 3d 1142 - Robert J. Bailey v. State of Florida