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8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 65 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Stringfellow v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stringfellow v. State Anchor | green | “effectiveness of counsel does not lend itself to measurement by picking through the transcript and counting the places where objections might be made.” | 16 |
| 2 | Thompson v. State | green | “the plain error rule does not apply to rule 32 proceedings, even if the case involves the death sentence.” | 15 |
| 3 | State v. Tarver | green | “the procedural bars of rule 32 apply with equal force to all cases, including those in which the death penalty has been imposed.” | 9 |
| 4 | State v. Tarver | green | “in addition, the procedural bars of rule 32 apply with equal force to all cases, including those in which the death penalty has been imposed.' state v. tarver, 629 so.2d 14, 19 (ala.crim.app. 1993).” | 6 |
| 5 | United States v. Robert Gilbert Burroughs | green | “allegations . . . not expressly argued on . . . appeal . . . are deemed by us to be abandoned.” | 5 |
| 6 | Thompson v. State | green | “not to errorless counsel, and not to counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but to counsel reasonably likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance.” | 5 |
| 7 | State v. Tarver | green | “in addition, 'the procedural bars of rule 32 apply with equal force to all cases, including those in which the death penalty has been imposed.' state v. tarver, 629 so.2d 14, 19 (ala.crim.app.1993).” | 5 |
| 8 | Thomas Dean Stevens v. Walter D. Zant, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center | green | “the sentencer . . . would have concluded that the balance of aggravating and mitigating circumstances did not warrant death.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.