McLaughlin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
57
cited by 57 later decisions
3
states following
August 2021
most recently cited
55 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Chambers v. Mississippi · United States v. Young · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]trategic choices made after thorough investigation of law and facts relevant to plausible opinions are virtually unchallengeable.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Failure to present evidence that is cumulative to that presented at trial does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“must identify 'specific acts or omissions of counsel that, in light of all the circumstances, fell outside the wide range of professional competent assistance,'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Steele v. State · Williams v. State
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.