Robidoux v. O'Brien’s Empirical Analysis
643 F.3d 334 · 2011
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Drope v. Missouri · Cooper v. Oklahoma · Rice v. Collins · Penn v. Parke State Bank
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The 'understanding' required is of the essentials -- for example, the charges, basic procedure, possible defenses -- but not of legal sophistication.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“understand the nature of the proceedings against him”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to cooperate with counsel in his defense.”
1 later decision 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.