Hill v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
August 1983
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Simmons v. United States · Towning v. State · Young v. State · Ex Parte Hines · Eide 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Rjelief upon the ground of ineffective counsel will be granted only when the trial is a farce or mockery of justice, or is shocking to the conscience of the reviewing court, or the purported representation was only perfunctory, in bad faith, a sham, a pretense, or without adequate opportunity for conference and preparation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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