Fields v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis
375 F.2d 624 · 1967
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 88 later decisions — most recently March 1991 · most notably Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney (1967), Moore v. United States (1970)
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · Townsend v. Sain · Jones v. Cunningham · Twiford v. Peyton
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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * Courts are required to allow counsel sufficient time to inform themselves fully, to reflect maturely and to prepare thoroughly in cases to which they are assigned.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““and a mere showing * * * (of the late time of appointment) constitutes a prima facie case of denial of effective assistance of counsel, so that the burden of proving lack of prejudice is shifted to the state.” (Emphasis supplied.) 372 F.2d at 670 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“adequate affirmative evidence to overcome the presumption of harm from the lack of time for preparation”
2 later decisions 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.