Couch v. Trickey’s Empirical Analysis
892 F.2d 1338 · 1989
Citation profile
24 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently January 2005 · most notably Holloway v. United States (1992), Mathenia v. Delo (1992)
24 federal appellate ·
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 · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Sumner v. Mata · Michel v. State of Louisiana Poret
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is 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.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] state court's specific factual findings made in the course of deciding an ineffective assistance of counsel claim are presumed correct pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254(d).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bainter v. Trickey“counsel's representation [falls] below an objective standard of reasonableness.”
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.