Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 2013
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Bieghler v. State · Smith v. State · Archer 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Pruitt v. State · Pontius v. State“'[clounsel is afforded considerable discretion in choosing strategy and tactics, and we will accord that decision deference.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Pruitt v. State · Pontius v. State
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.