Sochor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 170 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 175 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As long as the trial court's findings are supported by competent substantial evidence, `this Court will not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court on questions of fact, likewise of the credibility of the witnesses as well as the weight to be given to the evidence by the trial court.'”

   13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hertz v. State · Connor v. State

2. “there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mendoza v. State · 995 So. 2d 233 - Morton v. State

3. “defer[ring] to the factual findings made by the trial court to the extent they are supported by competent, substantial evidence, but review[ing] de novo the application of those facts to the law.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Guzman v. State · 923 So. 2d 419 - Suggs v. State