Weeks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 366th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Reading Co. v. Schweitzer · Johnson v. Texas · Hernandez v. State · Jackson v. State
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] trial record is generally insufficient to address claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in light of the ‘strong presumption that [trial] counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.’ ... A trial record is directed to the issues of guilt/innocence and punishment. And we review that record with an eye toward the errors allegedly committed in relation to those issues. However, in order to effectively argue an issue of ineffective assistance of counsel, a record focused on the conduct of trial or appellate counsel should be developed. Such a record is generally best developed in the context of a hearing held in relation to an application for writ of habeas corpus.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ryan v. State
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.