Wellman v. Maine’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Hill v. Lockhart · McMann v. Richardson · Tollett v. Henderson · United States v. Bouthot
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[p]etitioner's only argument in support of his claim of prejudice was: 'What could be more prejudicial than entering into a plea agreement, receiving what one expects to receive, and then having a significant part of what one received taken away unilaterally five months after sentencing. [sic]'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wellman v. Maine“that Petitioner did not satisfy his burden of establishing that the plea agreement, or an agreement collateral to the plea agreement, bound the state to provide Petitioner with a specific number of credited days.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wellman v. Maine“rising to the level of a misrepresentation may be a constitutional infirmity even when it relates to a collateral consequence of the defendant's guilty plea.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wellman v. Maine
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