Griffin v. Camp’s Empirical Analysis
40 F.3d 170 · 1994
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Cuyler v. Sullivan · McMann v. Richardson · Holloway v. Arkansas
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]e extend great deference to the district court's findings of fact and review them under a clearly erroneous standard .... We subject the district court's findings of law and mixed findings of law and fact to de novo review.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]lthough Goldenhersh unequivocally stated that Griffin only gave him one version of the events--the version supporting the alibi defense--Goldenhersh's other statements indicate that he had access to a significant amount of evidence which pointed to another potential defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Griffin v. McVicar“how the law, when applied to these facts, led to the conclusion that Griffin had effective assistance of counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Griffin v. McVicar
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.