Thomas v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.2d 738 · 1985
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Bush v. Florida (1986), 486 So. 2d 592 - Funchess v. Wainwright (1986)
44 federal appellate · 19 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Faretta v. California · Lockett v. Ohio · Morris v. Slappy · Proffitt v. Florida
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Aln indigent criminal defendant has no constitutional right to have a particular lawyer represent him.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Smith · State v. Parduhn“[a] defendant's general loss of confidence or trust in his counsel, standing alone, is not sufficient [for good cause to demand new appointed counsel].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where the accused voices objections to appointed counsel, the trial court should inquire into the reasons for the dissatisfaction.”
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.