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740 F.3d 1302 · 2014

Citation profile

56
cited by 56 later decisions
1
states following
December 2024
most recently cited

17 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions

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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 · Gregg v. Georgia · Teague v. Lane

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

  1. “(1) the underlying ineffective assistance of ... counsel claim is “substantial”; (2) the petitioner was not represented or had ineffective counsel during the [post-conviction relief (PCR) ] proceeding; (3) the state PCR proceeding was the initial review proceeding; and (4) state law required (or forced as a practical matter) the petitioner to bring the claim in the initial review collateral proceeding,”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “fundamentally alter[s] the legal claim already considered by the state courts or place[s] the case in a significantly different and stronger evidentiary posture than it was when the state courts considered it.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “may take evidence to the extent necessary to determine whether [Rodney's] claim[s] of ineffective assistance of trial counsel [are] substantial under Martinez .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.