886 So. 2d 915 - Windom v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 38 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “requires showing that counsel's errors were so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Evans v. State · Preston v. State

2. “This Court has held that it will not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court on questions of fact, and likewise on the credibility of witnesses and the weight given to the evidence so long as the trial court's findings are supported by competent, substantial evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Trotter v. State · CC, JR. v. State

3. “So long as its decisions are supported by competent, substantial evidence, this Court will not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court on questions of fact and, likewise, on the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given to the evidence by the trial court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 229 - Williamson v. State · 931 So. 2d 790 - Smith v. State