State v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[olnee a trial court on habeas review determines that a defendant has been denied the constitutional right to appeal, a direct appeal should be provided immediately, without adjudication of any other claims, such as ineffective assistance of counsel”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Penman · Grimmett v. State

2. “[t]o demonstrate that his defense counsel's assistance was so inadequate as to constitute lack of [effective assistance of] counsel under the Sixth Amendment, [the defendant] must show that (1) his counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonable professional judgment, and (2) he was prejudiced by the deficient performance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brandley

3. “Regardless of whether the specific holding in Brown is applicable, the Sixth Amendment issue is raised whenever a defendant's attorney has a conflict of interest....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Brandley