McAfee v. Thaler’s Empirical Analysis
630 F.3d 383 · 2011
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · United States v. Wade · Penson v. Ohio · Teague v. Lane
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Every federal circuit court to address the question of whether the post-trial, pre-appeal time period for making a motion for new trial is a critical stage has concluded that it is.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rodgers v. Marshall“where 'the accused required aid in coping with legal problems or assistance in meeting his adversary,' and the 'substantial rights of the accused may be affected.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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