Goodrum v. Beto’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 1971
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Fay v. Noia · Brown v. Allen · Linkletter v. Walker · Von Moltke v. Gillies
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not errorless counsel, not counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel reasonably likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Washington 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.