Thomas v. Beto’s Empirical Analysis
423 F.2d 642 · 1970
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
15 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Simpson · Byrd v. Smith
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[i]t is clear that petitioner * * * was denied effective assistance of counsel at a critical stage when his court-appointed attorney failed to advise him of his right to appeal.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Meadows v. Beto“had no authority, without consulting with or obtaining the consent of his client, deliberately to forego (petitioner's) right * * * to appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bonds v. Wainwright
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.