Smith v. Al Lockhart’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Persuasion and compromise are the processes by which juries are intended to reach their decisions. Otherwise, jurors would be polled directly after the close of trial — not allowed to discuss the case among themselves to arrive at a verdict acceptable to them all.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Davis v. State

2. “[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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bolander v. Iowa