Doe v. Ayers’s Empirical Analysis
782 F.3d 425 · 2015
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · Batson v. Kentucky · Williams v. Taylor · Farmer v. Brennan
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally, we credit the statements of defense counsel as to whether their decisions at trial were-or were not-based on strategic judgments.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“prejudice resulting from ineffective assistance of counsel must be 'considered collectively, not item by item,'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“prejudice resulting from ineffective assistance of counsel must be 'considered collectively, not item by item,' " but also that "[t]his is particularly true when ... the different pieces of mitigating evidence fit together into an internally coherent and compelling narrative whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Williams v. Filson
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.