Hooks v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 26 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “post-conviction review does not afford defendants the opportunity to reassert claims in hopes that further argument alone may change the outcome in different proceedings.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hain v. State · Slaughter v. State

2. “We begin with the observation that it is undeniably true that some appellate briefs are written better than others. Those briefs submitted by both appellant and appellee which are well researched, accurate, concise, clear and to the point are of true benefit to the court. Not all briefs rise to this level of excellence. However, a brief reaches the minimum level constitutionally acceptable if it sufficiently raises relevant issues for the court to consider and address.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Class

3. “we consider this issue and all instances of trial counsel ineffectiveness which could have been raised but were not res judicata for purposes of . . . post-conviction appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dion Smallwood v. Gary Gibson Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma -