922 So. 2d 43 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[tjhough it is conceivable that under the facts of a particular case, a lawyer’s performance was so deficient, and so prejudicial to the defendant that the defendant’s fundamental constitutional rights were violated, our supreme court has never held that merely raising a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is sufficient to surmount the procedural bar.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kirby Shavers v. State of Mississippi · Gregory Tyler Moore v. State of Mississippi

2. “errors affecting fundamental constitutional rights may be excluded from procedural bars which would otherwise prohibit their consideration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 973 So. 2d 184 - Spicer v. State

3. “has never held that merely raising a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is sufficient to surmount the procedural bar.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gregory Tyler Moore v. State of Mississippi