Becker v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
July 2023
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Cuyler v. Sullivan · McMann v. Richardson · Illinois v. Allen · United States v. Gagnon
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If it is easier to dispose of an ineffectiveness claim on the ground of lack of sufficient prejudice, which we expect will often be so, that course should be followed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Main
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.