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685 F.3d 631 · 2012

Citation profile

43
cited by 43 later decisions
January 2025
most recently cited

15 federal appellate ·

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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Coleman v. Thompson · Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier

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

  1. “The Wiggins and Rompilla line of cases work together with [Richter ] to ensure application of AEDPA deference to an entire ineffective assistance claim.”). Our own views on the possible tension between these Supreme Court precedents can be expressed on another day. 11 . Even after establishing deficient performance, a defendant must also show that the”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  2. “review [was] not circumscribed by a state court conclusion with respect to prejudice, as neither of the state courts below reached this prong of the Strickland analysis.” Wiggins, 539 U.S. at 534 , 123 S.Ct. 2527 ; see Rompilla, 545 U.S. at 390 , 125 S.Ct. 2456 (”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “The unadjudicated prong is reviewed de novo.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

How this case has been treated — in progress

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