Martin v. Ol McCotter’s Empirical Analysis
796 F.2d 813 · 1986
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently January 2010 · most notably Laws v. Armontrout (1988), United States v. Taylor (1991)
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Cronic · Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · Kemp v. Blake · Blake v. Kemp
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Byrne v. Butler · Sawyer v. Butler“great deference is given to counsel, 'strongly presuming that counsel has exercised reasonable professional judgment.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Byrne v. Butler · Sawyer v. Butler
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.