S.S. v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Taking into consideration both the constitutional and statutory requirements that counsel be provided, we must also agree with Mr. F. that the right to counsel is the right to effective assistance of counsel. The right to counsel would be of no consequence if such counsel were not required to represent the parent in a manner consistent with an objective standard of reasonableness.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. IN THE MATTER OF N.L. · Tracy Seal v. State

2. “The reviewing court must look at the proceedings as a whole, and 'there is a strong presumption that counsel's performance falls within the wide range of professional assistance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Lm · Mireles v. State

3. “the court also observed that substitute counsel was completely unfamiliar with the case when she arrived and was only allowed a few minutes to prepare. These circumstances, in effect, amount to total deprivation of counsel rather than representation by counsel for part of the proceedings, and thus, S.S. should not be treated as a partial denial case. ¶ 68 In some criminal law contexts, denial of counsel for only part of a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People Ex Rel. Rd