48 Cal. 3d 1247 - In Re Sixto’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 108 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 114 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably 53 Cal. 3d 522 - People v. Wharton (1991), 9 Cal. 4th 464 - People v. Duvall (1995)
3 federal appellate · 108 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Cronic · 43 Cal. 3d 171 - People v. Ledesma · 25 Cal. 3d 142 - People v. Frierson · 2 Cal. 3d 1033 - In Re Saunders
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 114 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a habeas corpus proceeding the return to the order to show cause must allege facts tending to establish the legality of the petitioner's detention; it is thus analogous to the complaint in civil actions. The traverse, which may incorporate the allegations of the petition, is analogous to the answer in civil actions. [Citations.] It is in this manner that the factual and legal issues are joined for review.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“effectively admits the material factual allegations of the petition and traverse by not disputing them, we may resolve the issue without ordering an evidentiary hearing”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.