Stem v. Turner’s Empirical Analysis
370 F.2d 895 · 1966
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
February 1978
most recently cited
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Mapp v. Ohio · Townsend v. Sain · Fay v. Noia · Linkletter v. Walker
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We do not hold, of course, that the failure to object to the introduction of the fruits of the search, if determined not to have been the result of a deliberate choice of strategy, always requires an ultimate conclusion that the lawyer’s representation was so ineffective as to amount to a deprivation of due process. The Fourteenth Amendment does not require perfection of the lawyer, and one slip does not necessarily invalidate the proceedings. But if it appears that the lawyer was negligent in one particular with resulting prejudice to his client’s defense, judicial appraisal of his entire conduct becomes requisite. A brilliant performance in most aspects of the defense can redeem a blunder, but a fatal mistake in the context of generally slovenly representation may require a conclusion that the quality of representation was below the minimum required by the Constitution. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Young v. Boles
How this case has been treated — in progress
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