ASHTON v. STATE’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
November 2020
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Chambers v. Mississippi · Taylor v. Illinois · Marchetti v. United States · Crane v. Kentucky
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Prosecutorial comments, like jury instructions, are not reviewed in artificial isolation, but must be judged in the context of the entire record. Allegations of prosecutorial misconduct do not warrant reversal of a conviction unless the cumulative effect was such as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. RUNNELS v. STATE“When a claim of ineffectiveness of counsel can be disposed of on the ground of lack of prejudice, that course should be followed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. RUNNELS v. STATE“The likelihood of a different result must be substantial, not just conceivable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. RUNNELS v. STATE
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.