Knight v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the delay was partially caused by the defendant. New counsel had been appointed and sought continuances to prepare, requested competency hearings, failed to cooperate with some appointed experts, litigated payments of expert bills against the County, and resisted and failed to provide discovery. Clearly since the defendant contributed to the delay, he cannot now complain about it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 905 F. Supp. 2d 1281 - Muhammad v. Tucker

2. “there is a reasonable probability that, absent the errors, the sentencer . . . would have concluded that the balance of aggravating and mitigating circumstances did not warrant death.”

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

3. “A defendant cannot show a Brady violation has occurred if the defendant knew of the existence of the evidence or in fact had the evidence.”

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