Clozza v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.2d 1092 · 1990
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2017 · most notably State v. Goodwin (1999), Zettlemoyer v. Fulcomer (1991)
24 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 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 · Murray v. Carrier · Darden v. Wainwright · Zant v. Stephens · Godfrey v. Georgia
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In light of the abundant evidence to support the verdict and inconsistent evidence to support the defenses available, we cannot conclude that the result of these proceedings would have been different had counsel not made the questioned remarks.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... [Tjhere is a distinction which can and must be drawn between a statement or remark which amounts to a tactical retreat and one which has been called a complete surrender.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“indicated to the jury that defense counsel understood the gravity of the crimes as well as their horrible nature. Had counsel attempted to pass the crimes off as anything other than the atrocities that they were, his credibility with the jury would most certainly become suspect. Thus, we conclude that counsel’s remarks were consistent with his trial strategy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Young v. Catoe
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.