State v. Blanton’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
45 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Bradley · Arizona v. Youngblood · Massaro v. United States · State v. Perry
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if so, does that evidence present substantive grounds for relief; that is, if believed, would the newly presented evidence—together with any evidence in the trial record— establish that counsel was ineffective?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Kyles · State v. Hall“A petition presents substantive grounds for relief when it contains allegations that are sufficient to state a constitutional claim and the files and records of the case do not affirmatively disprove the claim.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Kyles · State v. Hall“So a court reviewing a postconviction-relief petition generally may not decide a claim that could have been presented at trial and raised on direct appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Kyles · State v. Hall
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.