United States v. Bella’s Empirical Analysis
353 F.2d 718 · 1965
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
June 1977
most recently cited
9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States ex rel. Feeley v. Ragen
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.
“Unless a strong showing is made that conduct of counsel virtually deprived defendant of a trial, matters of trial conduct and tactics adopted pursuant to defense counsel’s professional opinion on the merits of the case should not be subjected to a critique by a court of appeals.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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