Muniz v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
647 F.3d 619 · 2011
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
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. Cronic · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Lindh v. Murphy
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“have held that the denial of counsel with presumed prejudice only occurs once counsel sleeps through a ‘substantial portion of defendant’s trial’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Roy“total cross-examination was fairly short, spanning only 26 pages of trial transcript”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Roy“was asleep for an undetermined portion of a single cross-examination,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Roy
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.