964 So. 2d 1278 - White v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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

1. “[c]laims in successive motions may be denied without an evidentiary hearing `[i]f the motion, files, and records in the case conclusively show that the movant is entitled to no relief.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Power v. State · 969 So. 2d 318 - Schwab v. State

2. “There is hardly any area of the law in which the trial judge is given more discretion than in ruling on challenges of jurors for cause. Appellate courts consistently recognize that the trial judge who is present during voir dire is in a far superior position to properly evalu ate the responses to the questions propounded to the jurors.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 29 So. 3d 938 - Pagan v. State

3. “A defendant cannot establish ineffective assistance of counsel based on counsel's failure to call a witness who is unavailable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 995 So. 2d 933 - Evans v. State