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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 19 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 People v. Cotto.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Cotto Anchor | green | “rule 651(c) is merely a vehicle for ensuring a reasonable level of assistance and should not be viewed as the only guarantee of reasonable assistance in postconviction proceedings.” | 7 |
| 2 | People v. Richardson | green | “to ascertain mr. landa's contentions regarding deprivations of his constitutional rights” | 3 |
| 3 | People v. Cleveland | green | “when the record is unclear concerning whether trial counsel's decision not to call exculpatory witnesses was a matter of trial strategy incompetence, the defendant is entitled to a postconviction evidentiary hearing on that issue.” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Smith | green | “it is the defendant's burden to overcome this presumption by demonstrating his attorney's failure to substantially comply with the duties mandated by rule 651(c).” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Willingham | green | “when the record is unclear concerning whether trial counsel's decision not to call exculpatory witnesses was a matter of trial strategy incompetence, the defendant is entitled to a postconviction evidentiary hearing on that issue.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.