Lockhart v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
June 2025
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Malcolm v. State · Robinson v. State · Smith v. Francis
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may form the basis for an ineffectiveness claim only if they were so patently unreasonable that no competent attorney would have followed such a course.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“examined from counsel's perspective at the time of trial and under the particular circumstances of the case[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“on the maximum security floor ... dealing with violent criminals”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barnes 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.