132 S. Ct. 1276 - Martel v. Clair’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 3599 · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Coleman v. Thompson · United States v. Taylor · Mayle v. Felix · Murray v. Giarratano
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Protecting against abusive delay is an interest of justice”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“when the lawyer lacks the qualifications necessary for appointment ...; when he has a disabling conflict of interest; or when he has completely abandoned the client.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to appoint new counsel if the first lawyer developed a conflict.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.