Commonwealth v. Baran’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Agurs · Waller v. Georgia · Press-Enterprise Company v. Superior Court of California Riverside County · Globe Newspaper Company v. Superior Court for County of Norfolk
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A strategic or tactical decision by counsel will not be considered ineffective assistance unless that decision was 'manifestly unreasonable' when made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“We also consider whether there is 'some showing that better work might have accomplished something material for the defense.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.