Harkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 1987
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Seales v. State · Joiner v. State · State v. Harkins · Holland v. State · Gardner v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must show that his attorney failed to exercise the customary skill and diligence that a reasonably competent attorney would perform under similar circumstances, and that he was prejudiced thereby, (emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Love v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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