Valdez v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Townsend v. Sain · McMann v. Richardson · Woodson v. North Carolina · Penry v. Lynaugh
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Carl Lewis's failure to request the entire court jacket regarding the applicant's burglary charge in Hockley County did not fall below the professional standard of conduct for defense attorneys.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the ultimate conclusion regarding ineffective assistance of counsel without the presumption that the state court's conclusion was correct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“held an evidentiary hearing in order to consider evidence improperly excluded from consideration by the state habeas court.”
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.