482 F. Supp. 941 - Forman v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Johnson v. Zerbst · Faretta v. California · United States v. Wade · Wainwright v. Sykes
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deflected the focus of the inquiry and prevented development of the record as to Forman's representation by counsel on a related charge at the time of the questioning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Forman v. Smith“obscured the relationship between the earlier arraignment on hindering and tampering charges, and the later indictment and questioning”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Forman v. Smith
How this case has been treated — in progress
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