Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Spuehler v. State · 51 Cal. 3d 870 - People v. Medina · Alvord v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections · Alvord v. Wainwright
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether Appellant’s counsel was ineffective for not pursuing the insanity defense despite the fact that he was instructed by his competent client to waive the defense, which appeared to be the only valid defense to the crimes charged.” 21 P.3d at 60 . The court held counsel was not ineffective because he”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Crawley v. Dinwiddie“The judge who conducts the preliminary examination shall not try the case except with the consent of all parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. DUCLOS v. STATE
How this case has been treated — in progress
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