King v. Lynaugh’s Empirical Analysis
868 F.2d 1400 · 1989
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Faretta v. California · Wainwright v. Sykes · Caldwell v. Mississippi · Harris v. Reed
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is not a recently found legal theory not knowable by competent trial counsel.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Sjecond-guessing is not the test for ineffective assistance of counsel.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'jurors are generally unsympathetic toward drug abusers'”
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.