6 Cal. 4th 901 - In Re Neely’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
62 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably 16 Cal. 4th 153 - People v. Williams (1997), 12 Cal. 4th 694 - In Re Avena (1996)
62 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Brady v. State of Maryland · Massiah v. United States · Kuhlmann v. Wilson
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]n order to render reasonably competent assistance, a criminal defense attorney should investigate carefully the possible grounds for seeking the suppression of incriminating evidence, explore the factual bases for defenses that may be available to the defendant, and otherwise pursue diligently those leads indicating the existence of evidence favorable to the defense. [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[DEFENDANT:] I threw it away. I didn't bury it or nothin'.... It's been rained on. It might rust a little bit before they find it. [¶] [CENTERS:] I don't think they'll even find it. They aren't (INAUDIBLE) give up the search. They found Handley's. [¶] [DEFENDANT:] Well, it says in the papers they're still looking for a .22. [¶] [CENTERS:] Handley had a .22 also. [DEFENDANT:].22.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.