Griffin v. West’s Empirical Analysis
791 F.2d 1578 · 1986
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Anders v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Sumner v. Mata
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must demonstrate his counsel's conduct was not professionally reasonable, considering all of the circumstances”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An attorney's decision not to interview witnesses and to rely on other sources of information, if made in the exercise of professional judgment, is not ineffective counsel....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Young v. Riveland“that the defendant had a prior felony conviction and that he carried a pistol on his person”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lawrence v. Evans
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.