Vagner v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 , 83 S.Ct. 792 , 9 L.Ed.2d 799 (1963), the Court held that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel was incorporated into the due process clause [of the Fourteenth Amendment] and would apply to the states in all felony prosecutions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 758 So. 2d 618 - Nixon v. Singletary

2. “claims of denial of the effective assistance of counsel based on inadequacy or incompetence of retained counsel are cognizable as grounds for challenging convictions on appeal and collaterally, to the same extent as are such claims pertaining to appointed counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Horowitz v. Wainwright