Johnson v. Thurmer’s Empirical Analysis
624 F.3d 786 · 2010
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Johnson v. Zerbst · Kimmelman v. Morrison · Harris v. Reed · Evitts v. Lucey
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well established that our scrutiny of counsel's trial strategy is to be deferential and that we do not second guess the reasonable tactical decisions of counsel in assessing whether his performance was deficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To establish ineffective assistance of trial counsel, a petitioner must show that counsel's performance was deficient and that the deficient performance prejudiced his defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Maier v. Smith“rendered adequate assistance and made all significant decisions in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Maier v. Smith
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.