Hinton v. Alabama’s Empirical Analysis
571 U.S. 263 · 2014
Citation profile
108
cited by 108 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
10
states following
October 2025
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 64 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Kimmelman v. Morrison · Padilla v. Kentucky · Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An attorney's ignorance of a point of law that is fundamental to his case combined with his failure to perform basic research on that point is a quintessential example of unreasonable performance under Strickland .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“strategic choices made after thorough investigation of law and facts relevant to plausible options.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The selection of an expert witness is a paradigmatic example of the type of 'strategic choice' that, when made 'after thorough investigation of the law and facts,' is 'virtually unchallengeable.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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