Tevlin v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.3d 59 · 2010
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 29 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Neil v. Biggers · United States v. Agurs
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“given the facts known at the time, counsel's choice was so patently unreasonable that no competent attorney would have made it.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) 'counsel's representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness,' and (2) 'there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors [he] would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must show both that his 'counsel's representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness' (the performance prong), and that 'there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different' (the prejudice prong).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.