Allen v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
805 F.3d 617 · 2015
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3599 · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Slack v. McDaniel · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Williams v. Taylor
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“indulge[s] a strong presumption that [habeas] counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Ramey v. Davis“A petitioner cannot show a substantial need when his claim is procedurally barred from review”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Crutsinger v. Davis
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.