Moore v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In Monroe we held that: “When a defendant makes a pretrial challenge to the effectiveness of counsel ... on the ground that counsel, due to lack of investigation, preparation or other substantial reason, is not rendering reasonably effective assistance, the trial court has a constitutional duty to conduct an inquiry sufficient to determine the truth and scope of the defendant’s allegations.” 389 A.2d at 820 [ (citations omitted) ]. The trial court has to “ ‘decide whether counsel has consulted with the defendant and prepared his case in a proper manner.’ ” Id. at 819. One of the criteria “for determining whether counsel’s preparation falls within the range of competence required by defense counsel in a criminal case” is “whether counsel conferred with the defendant as often as necessary and ad vised him of his rights.... ” Matthews v. United States, 459 A.2d 1063, 1065 (D.C.1983). With respect to the nature of the inquiry required under the Monroe-Farrell doctrine, “a mere routine inquiry — the asking of several standard questions” is insufficient. Farrell, [] 391 A.2d at 761-62. The defense counsel must be questioned “directly, on the record, about the specifics of [the defendant’s] complaint” before any ruling is made. Nelson v. United States, 601 A.2d 582, 592 (D.C.1991); see also McFadden v. United States, 614 A.2d 11, 16 (D.C.1992).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mills v. United States