Lynott v. Story’s Empirical Analysis
929 F.2d 228 · 1991
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably Byrd v. Collins (2000), Lott v. Coyle (2001)
19 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. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Garrity v. State of New Jersey · Texas v. Louisiana · Spevack v. Klein · Harris v. Nelson
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]o establish prejudice, a “defendant must show that 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.” ... In assessing prejudice, we reweigh the evidence in aggravation against the totality of available mitigating evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] court must provide discovery in a habeas corpus proceeding only 'where specific allegations before the court show reason to believe that the petitioner may, if the facts are fully developed, be able to demonstrate that he is confined illegally and is therefore, entitled to relief....'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) his counsel's performance was constitutionally deficient; and (2) the prejudice resulting from his counsel’s errors deprived him of a fair hearing.”
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.