Smith v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
373 F.2d 506 · 1967
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Kercheval v. United States · David Busby v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison · Marvin Roberts v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State Prison · Carpenter v. Wainwright
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the guilty plea was freely made, without infection from the confession and with `effective assistance of counsel.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unfairly obtained or given through ignorance, fear or inadvertence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.