Strickland v. Goguen’s Empirical Analysis
2021
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Chapman v. State of California · Williams v. Taylor · Delaware v. Van Arsdall
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f - 27 - the petitioner does succeed in demonstrating error, 'it is still not enough to win because [he] must also illustrate actual prejudice resulted from the mistake.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even where a state court has misapplied federal law, we will only grant relief to the petitioner 'in cases in which all fairminded jurists would agree that a final state court decision is at odds with the Supreme Court's existing precedents.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Field v. Hallett“A state court decision applying state law deserves deference under AEDPA 'as long as the state and federal issues are for all practical purposes synonymous and the state standard is at least as protective of the [petitioner]'s rights.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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