State v. Garcia’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
79
cited by 79 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
78 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Neder v. United States · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Harrington v. Richter
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is a relatively high hurdle to overcome.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is not enough to show that the errors had some conceivable effect on the outcome of the proceeding. Counsel's errors must be so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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