Crane v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
178 F.3d 309 · 1999
Citation profile
26 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Lindh v. Murphy · Ake v. Oklahoma · Lockhart v. Fretwell · Barefoot v. Estelle
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“eliminate the distorting effects of hindsight,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Neal v. Puckett · Neal v. Puckett“demonstrate both that counsel's performance was deficient and that the deficiency prejudiced the defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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