Joseph Lee, Jr. v. Louie L. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
457 F.2d 771 · 1972
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on MacKenna v. Ellis · Kimbrough v. Beto · Carroll v. Beto · Spencer v. Wainwright · United States v. Hayes
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[t]he decision of petitioner’s counsel not to pursue the defense of insanity at trial falls within the realm of trial counsel’s strategy____ The rule is that effective counsel does not mean errorless counsel or counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel reasonably likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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