Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[e]videntiary hearings are adversarial in nature, and the rules of evidence and procedure are mystifyingly complex to all but the most sophisticated non-lawyers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 932 So. 2d 361 - Bynum v. State

2. “The need for an evidentiary hearing itself implies that [the first] three of the four factors are involved.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 932 So. 2d 361 - Bynum v. State

3. “[A]ny doubt about the need for counsel must be resolved in favor of the indigent defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 932 So. 2d 361 - Bynum v. State