Ferrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 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.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Evans v. State · 932 So. 2d 1054 - Raleigh v. State

2. “A fair assessment of attorney performance requires that every effort be made to eliminate the distorting effects of hindsight, to reconstruct the circumstances of counsel's challenged conduct, and to evaluate the conduct from counsel's perspective at the time.”

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

3. “[t]he defendant must show that 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.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Preston v. State · 941 So. 2d 1073 - Ponticelli v. State