Cooper v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Butler v. State · Stephens v. State · Simpson v. State
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Djefense counsel “is given wide latitude in making closing arguments. (Cit.) This Court will not, with benefit of hindsight, second-guess defense trial strategies in closing arguments. Absent a strong showing that counsel’s actions were not reasonable, we will presume that these strategies were not deficient. (Cit.)” [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Davenport v. State“[t]he scope of cross-examination is grounded in trial tactics and strategy, and will rarely constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McCoy v. State
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.