Bowers v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
December 1983
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harris v. State · Harris v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Upon a Rule 35(a) hearing, the test for postconviction relief due to the incompetence of trial counsel is ‘whether under all the circumstances . . . trial counsel was so incompetent that the accused was not afforded genuine and effective legal representation.’ Harris v. State, Del.Supr., 293 A.2d 291, 293 (1972). The corollary test for review by this Court following a Superior Court hearing and denial of a Rule 35(a) motion is whether a sufficient evidentiary basis exists in the record in support of the Trial Court’s determination.” Bowers v. State, Del.Supr., 396 A.2d 962, 963 (1978).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hall v. State
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