Maxwell Hoffman v. Aj Arave’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t is not our place to engage in anticipatory overruling. The Supreme Court has specifically directed lower courts to `leav[e] to this Court the prerogative of overruling its own decisions.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Saylor v. State · Pizzuto v. Arave

2. “adequately evaluate the impact of Hoffman's incriminating statements made during the presentence interview without considering the full body of mitigating and aggravating evidence considered at sentencing. Hoffman's allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel at the trial cast doubt over the reliability of this body of evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Pizzuto v. Arave · Pizzuto v. Arave

3. “As a result, Hoffman was deprived of counsel who could review the record objectively for ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Not surprisingly, Hoffman's trial counsel failed to raise and argue the issue of their own ineffectiveness in post-conviction proceedings.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Leavitt v. Arave · Leavitt v. Arave