Simmons v. Al Lockhart’s Empirical Analysis
856 F.2d 1144 · 1988
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
March 1998
most recently cited
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Wainwright v. Sykes · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Sanders v. United States · Holloway v. Arkansas
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“constitute[ ] an abuse of the writ, ... unless Simmons can show a good enough reason why this issue was not presented before.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[The District] Court should make findings as to why previous counsel failed to press the statutory-overlap issue on appeal, and decide whether that choice constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.... The District Court must determine ... why counsel failed to raise the issue, and whether a reasonably competent lawyer could have made such a decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“from vigorously cross-examining Davis on his military record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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