Barnes v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
665 F.2d 427 · 1981
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2010 · most notably Jones v. Barnes (1983), United States v. Grostefon (1982)
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Anders v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Brown v. Allen
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]ppointed counsel's unwillingness to present particular arguments at appellant's request functions not only to abridge defendant's right to counsel on appeal, but also to limit the defendant's constitutional right of equal access to the appellate process. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Barnes“It is not required that an attorney argue every conceivable issue on appeal, especially when some may be without merit. Indeed, it is his professional duty to choose among potential issues, according to his judgment as to their merit and his tactical approach.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Barnes“[h]aving demonstrated that appointed counsel failed to argue colorable claims at his request, an appellant need not also demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits of those claims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Barnes
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.