Sidebottom v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 124 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 127 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2017 · most notably State v. Tokar (1996), State v. Feltrop (1991)
2 federal appellate · 124 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 · Michel v. State of Louisiana Poret · Godfrey v. Georgia · Maynard v. Cartwright · Cryts v. French
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 127 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Prejudice is shown by proof that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, there was a reasonable probability that the result would have been different. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 694 , 104 S.Ct. at 2068 . Prejudice is not presumed from a showing of deficient performance of counsel, but must be affirmatively proved. Id. at 693 , 104 S.Ct. at 2067 . It is not enough for the defendant to show that the errors had some conceivable effect on the outcome of the proceeding, Id.; rather, defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for the errors by counsel, the fact finder would have had a reasonable doubt respecting punishment. Id. at 694-95 , 104 S.Ct. at 2068-2069 . If it is simpler to dispose of a claim of ineffectiveness on the ground of lack of sufficient prejudice, that course should be followed. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 697 , 104 S.Ct. at 2069 . ‘There is no reason for a court ... to address both components of the inquiry if the defendant makes an insufficient showing on one.’ Id. ‘The movant has the burden of proving his grounds for relief by a preponderance of the evidence.’ Rule 29.15(h).””
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Kelley · State v. Johnson““On the facts of the present ease and the law as applied to them, the bases for the Court’s finding of no manifest injustice on direct appeal serve now to establish a finding of no prejudice under the Strickland test.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Howard“[C]ourt was as qualified as the witness to form an opinion on trial counsel's competency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. State
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.