Thompson v. Calderon’s Empirical Analysis
86 F.3d 1509 · 1996
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · Brecht v. Abrahamson · Estelle v. McGuire · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'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“strong presumption that counsel rendered adequate assistance and exercised reasonable professional judgment in making decisions.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The State's case against [petitioner] was strong . . . . [Petitioner] himself made it much stronger by testifying after counsel advised him not to testify.”
1 later decision 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.