Menzies v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
47
cited by 47 later decisions
1
states following
November 2025
most recently cited
45 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · North Carolina v. Alford · Coleman v. Thompson · Neil v. Biggers
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Once the [moving party] makes that showing, the burden of proof then shifts to the nonmoving party.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“bears the burden of proving ineffective assistance, he cannot rest on his allegations alone”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that the challenged actions cannot be considered sound strategy under the circumstances.”
2 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.