Torna v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(t)o find state involvement in retained counsel's conduct which is adjudged to be less than reasonably effective, yet not so grossly deficient as to render the proceedings fundamentally unfair, it must be shown that some state official connected with the criminal proceeding who could have remedied the conduct failed in his duty to accord justice to the accused”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wainwright v. Torna · Washington v. Watkins

2. “perform his promise that an appeal would be taken, fairness requires that the deceived defendant be granted an out-of-time appeal”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Washington v. Watkins · Washington v. Strickland

3. “the failure of court-appointed counsel to file a timely notice of certiorari in the Florida Supreme Court has been held to constitute ineffective assistance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wainwright v. Torna