Christenson v. Ault’s Empirical Analysis
598 F.3d 990 · 2010
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · Coleman v. Thompson · Brecht v. Abrahamson · Kyles v. Whitley
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Based on the trial record, demonstrating prejudice resulting from the alleged ineffective assistance would be impossible in this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smalls v. State“When there is overwhelming evidence of guilt presented, it may be impossible to demonstrate prejudice,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smalls v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.