Wynn v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the record affirmatively shows ineffectiveness of constitutional dimensions, or (2) the parties stipulate that the record is adequate to allow the appellate court to make the finding without consideration of the findings of fact of the trial judge.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rickarius Kimble v. State of Mississippi · 979 So. 2d 721 - Harris v. State

2. “While this Court may consider the merits of a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel raised for the first time on direct appeal, it is unusual to do so because `[w]e are limited to the trial court record in our review of the claim and there is usually insufficient evidence within the record to evaluate the claim.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 979 So. 2d 721 - Harris v. State · 987 So. 2d 1035 - Page v. State

3. “that trial counsel's conduct is within the wide range of reasonable conduct and that decisions made by counsel are strategic.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 979 So. 2d 721 - Harris v. State · 987 So. 2d 1035 - Page v. State