389 So. 2d 652 - Spencer v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
April 1998
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cuyler v. Sullivan · 280 So. 2d 431 - Hoffman v. Jones · 194 So. 2d 577 - Hollingshead v. Wainwright · 382 So. 2d 673 - Meeks v. State · 332 So. 2d 333 - State v. Dwyer
Most-quoted passages
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“... [T]he United States Supreme Court squarely held that a criminal prosecution is itself sufficient state action to engage the constitutional right to counsel, and that, when a question of ineffective assistance of counsel is presented, there is no distinction between state-provided and retained counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ford v. Wainwright
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