Sutherland v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
July 1996
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Michigan v. Jackson · Arizona v. Roberson · Bussard v. State · Dumond 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, the defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient. This requires showing that counsel made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the “counsel” guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment. Second, the defendant must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense. This requires showing that counsel’s errors were so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mays v. State · Mobbs 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.