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← 187 N.J. 293 - State v. Castagna

State v. Castagna’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

67
cited by 67 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 65 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Chapman v. State of California · Davis v. Alaska · Chambers v. Mississippi · Pointer v. Texas

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

  1. “`[t]he first prong of the test is satisfied by a showing that counsel's acts or omissions fell outside the wide range of professionally competent assistance considered in light of all the circumstances of the case.'”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “an otherwise valid conviction will not be overturned merely because the defendant is dissatisfied with his or her counsel's exercise of judgment during the trial.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “`that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.'”
    3 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.