512 F. Supp. 1014 - Hall v. Sumner’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Bates v. State Bar · WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDEN · Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe · Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(w)hen the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel rests upon specific acts and omissions of counsel at trial ... relief will be granted only if it appears that the defendant was prejudiced by counsel's conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hall v. Sumner
How this case has been treated — in progress
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