307 F. Supp. 773 - Smith v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
1969
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · Fay v. Noia · Peyton v. Rowe · Fields v. Peyton · United States ex rel. Weber v. Ragen
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“* * * (T)his court is well aware of the obvious importance that must be given to an accused person’s right to equal justice under the law through the medium of ‘effective assistance of counsel’. Surely no one stated the message better than did Abraham Lincoln when he- declared that ‘a lawyer’s time and advice are his stock in trade’. For a lawyer to do less would indeed be a sham to our whole legal system of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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