Hawkins v. Coyle’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where the state court disposes of a Federal constitutional claim with little-to-no articulated analysis of the constitutional issue, this circuit applies a modified form of AEDPA deference. This modifiedAEDPA standard requires that we conduct a careful and independent review of the record and applicable law, but we cannot reverse unless the state court’s decision is contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law. In other words, in such cases, we must focus on the result of the state court’s decision, applying AEDPA deference to the result reached not the reasoning used.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 347 F. App'x 205 - Carter v. Wolfenbarger

2. “contrary to ... clearly established Federal law.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1). As for “a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented,” id. § 2254(d)(2), Browning claims that Tackett's lawyer was lying when she said that she had”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Browning v. Trammell

3. “[Ejven if appellant’s arguments are considered on the merits, appellant has failed to satisfy his burden of establishing ineffective assistance under the standards set forth in Strickland v. Washington [ 466 U.S. 668 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984) ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 643 F. Supp. 2d 962 - Madsen v. McFaul