Donald Eugene Harding v. Samuel A. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
834 F.2d 853 · 1987
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably United States v. Swanson (1991), United States v. Olano (1995)
50 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 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. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Cronic · Drope v. Missouri · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann · Johnson v. Righetti
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a good faith doubt as to the defendant's ability to understand the nature and consequences of the plea, or to participate intelligently in the proceedings and to make a reasoned choice among the alternatives presented.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On review, the issue is what the defendant understood about the proceedings, including the possible consequences, and the dangers of acting as his own attorney.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“failure to engage the defendant in such a colloquy does not necessitate reversal ... if the record otherwise revels a knowing and intelligent waiver.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.