Smith v. Newsome’s Empirical Analysis
876 F.2d 1461 · 1989
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Snowden v. Singletary (1998), Rodriguez v. Maynard (1991)
26 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 · Wainwright v. Sykes · Teague v. Lane · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Murray v. Carrier
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“failure to act or think like a lawyer cannot be cause for failing to assert a claim.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Coe v. O'Leary · Harmon v. Barton“joint representation did not prevent effective plea bargaining for either client.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When the process of direct review ... comes to an end, a presumption of finality and legality attaches to the conviction.... The role of federal habeas proceedings, while important in assuring that constitutional rights are observed, is secondary and limited. Federal courts are not forums in which to relitigate state trials.”
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.