387 So. 2d 862 - Goodman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
May 1998
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on MacKenna v. Ellis · Tillis v. State · Smith v. State · 48 Ala. App. 709 - Groce v. State · Trammell v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"We interpret the right to counsel as the right to effective counsel. We interpret counsel to mean not errorless counsel, and not counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel reasonably likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance. We consider undivided loyalty . . . to client as essential to due process."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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