Coates v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
53 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Travis M. Stanley v. State of Missouri (2014), Krider v. State (2001)
53 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
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Hill v. Lockhart · United States v. Alaska · White v. Illinois · State v. Starks
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An evidentiary hearing is not required unless the motion meets three requirements: (1) the motion must allege facts, not conclusions, warranting relief; (2) the facts alleged must raise matters not refuted by the files and records in the case; and (3) the matters complained of must have resulted in prejudice to the movant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ryan v. State · Schafer v. State“prejudice[ ] requirement focuses on whether counsel's constitutionally ineffective performance affected the outcome of the plea process.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ryan v. State · Patterson v. State“motion court could not have erred in failing to grant relief based upon an allegation that was not presented as a ground for relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.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.