Colbert v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1988
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Elliott v. State · Colbert v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"In addressing the issue of inadequacy of counsel, this Court indulges a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance. Elliott v. State, (1984) Ind., 465 N.E.2d 707 . Appellant must show that his counsel made errors so serious that he was not functioning as counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and that such deficient performance deprived him of a fair trial. Id. at 710 , citing Strickland v. Washington, (1984) -- U.S. --, --, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 2064 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674, 693 ." Colbert v. State (1984), Ind., 471 N.E.2d 1109 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cox v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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