Wise v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
982 F.2d 142 · 1992
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Coleman v. Thompson · Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier · Ake v. Oklahoma
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“consistent or regular application of a state's procedural default rules does not mean undeviating adherence to such rule admitting of no exception.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Dixon · Smith v. Dixon“[t]here is no constitutional right to an attorney in state post-conviction proceedings. Consequently, a petitioner cannot claim constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel in such proceedings.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Angelone · Krebs v. Weber
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.