Bracknell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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40 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “` Moore v. State, 502 So.2d 819, 820 (Ala.1986).”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McMillan v. State · Stallworth v. State

2. “` Moore v. State, 502 So.2d 819, 820 (Ala.1986). "`Although [the petitioner] specifically identified the acts or omissions on the part of his trial counsel that he believed constituted deficient performance, he failed to include in his petition any facts tending to indicate how those acts or omissions prejudiced his defense. He did not include specific facts regarding the crimes or the evidence introduced at trial, and he did not even state in his petition what his defense was. Even accepting all of the allegations in his petition as true, we cannot say whether [the petitioner] is entitled to relief. Therefore, [the petitioner] has not provided "full disclosure of the factual basis”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Daniel v. State · 957 So. 2d 492 - Woods v. State

3. “`[W]e conclude that [the petitioner] failed to plead sufficient facts with respect to any of the claims to warrant any further proceedings.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 957 So. 2d 492 - Woods v. State · 925 So. 2d 245 - Duncan v. State