Spivey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 2015
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Neff v. State · Smith v. State · Swindler v. State · McCroskey 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A claim that prejudice was suffered without any factual explanation about what form the prejudice took or how serious it was is not enough to prove ineffective assistance of counsel. Conclusory allegations which are not supported by a showing of actual prejudice so serious as to deprive the petitioner of a fair trial or a fair appellate proceeding do not warrant an evidentiary hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nance v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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