Cornelius Lewis v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden’s Empirical Analysis
381 F.2d 523 · 1967
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 1974
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anders v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Lane v. Brown · Lewis v. Henderson
Most-quoted passages
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“In spite of this regrettable situation [that the petitioner was a person with a low degree of intelligence] the statements made by [the Public Defender] that, due to no fault of his own but due to the overwhelming amount of work in his office and his limited staff, he had furnished inadequate representation to this petitioner * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goodwin v. Cardwell
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