5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 32 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Kokal v. Secretary, Department of Corrections.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kokal v. Secretary, Department of Corrections Anchor | green | “because a petitioner's failure to show either deficient performance or prejudice is fatal to a strickland claim, a court need not address both strickland prongs if the petitioner fails to satisfy either of them.” | 10 |
| 2 | Antonio Diaz v. United States | green | “given appellant's awareness of the plea offer, his after the fact testimony concerning his desire to plead, without more, is insufficient to establish that but for counsel's alleged advice or inaction, he would have accepted the plea offer.” | 7 |
| 3 | Hernandez v. United States | green | “allege facts that would prove both that his counsel performed deficiently and that he was prejudiced by his counsel's deficient performance.” | 7 |
| 4 | Christopher Barbour v. Michael Haley | green | “counsel must be appointed for an indigent federal habeas petitioner only when the interest of justice or due process so require.” | 4 |
| 5 | Francis Jarad Schultz v. Louie L. Wainwright and Jim Smith | green | “counsel must be appointed for an indigent federal habeas petitioner only when the interest of justice or due process so require.” | 4 |
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