Schoonover v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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

1. ““The adequacy and effectiveness of an attorney’s services on behalf of an accused in a criminal action must be gauged by the actual representation afforded the accused in its totality. To be a denial of an accused’s constitutional rights it must clearly appear that the representation of the accused was wholly ineffective and inadequate. . . . The burden is on the petitioner to show the representation by his attorney was so incompetent and inadequate that the total effect was that of a complete absence of counsel. ...” (p. 603.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cook v. State · State v. Mantz

2. ““The totality of circumstances rule stated in Winter is quoted with approval in State v. Banks, 216 Kan. 390 , 532 P.2d 1058 . Considering the totality of circumstances as shown by the evidentiary record before us we cannot say that the trial court erred in holding that the petitioner failed to prove that she was denied her constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel.” ( 218 Kan. at 383 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2 Kan. App. 2d 481 - Schoonover v. State

3. “interpreted] the petitioner’s statement of points on the appeal to raise a single basic contention that the petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel as a matter of law because of the fact that court-appointed counsel Steere was unethical and dishonest in entering into the contingent fee contract on March 4, 1974.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Winkler v. Keane