State v. Howard’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
January 1993
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“prejudiced if appellate counsel failed to raise an issue for which there is support in the record and which, if it were held to be meritorious, might justify reversal of the conviction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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