Smith, Al Letroy’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Fay v. Noia · Custis v. United States · Day v. McDonough · Sullivan v. Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“found that appellate counsel failed to invoke the court of appeals' jurisdiction. The [habeas] judge concluded that Smith received ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and recommended that Smith be permitted to file an out-of-time appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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