Moore v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 2012
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Smith v. Murray · Kliewer v. New Jersey · McQueen v. Scroggy · Jones v. South Carolina
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, the defendant must show that counsel's performance was deficient. This requires showing that counsel made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the "counsel" guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment. Second, the defendant must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense. This requires showing that counsel's errors were so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Strickland, 466 U.S. at 688 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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