Gray v. Norman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Where, as here, “appellate counsel competently asserts some claims on a defendant’s behalf, it is difficult to sustain a[n] ineffective assistance claim based on allegations that counsel was deficient for failing to assert some other claims.” This is because one of appellate counsel’s functions is to winnow the available arguments and exercise judgment about which are most likely to succeed on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walker v. United States

2. “When appellate counsel competently asserts some claims on a defendant's behalf, it is difficult to sustain [an] ineffective assistance claim based on allegations that counsel was deficient for failing to assert some other claims.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Chappell

3. “The factual findings of a state court are presumed to be correct in a federal habeas proceeding, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (e)(1), and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Forrest v. Steele