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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 106 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 State v. Straw.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Straw Anchor | green | “(1) his trial counsel failed to perform an essential duty, and (2) this failure resulted in prejudice.” | 54 |
| 2 | State v. Graves | green | “a defendant's inability to prove either element is fatal.” | 21 |
| 3 | Lynn G. Lamasters Vs. State of Iowa | green | “there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” | 15 |
| 4 | State v. Neuendorf | green | “in the absence of some factual showing that this circumstance resulted in a juror being seated who was not impartial, the existence of prejudice is entirely speculative.” | 7 |
| 5 | State v. Carey | green | “but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” | 3 |
| 6 | State v. Tillman | green | “the defendant must show (1) an error in the court's ruling on the challenge for cause; and (2) either (a) the challenged juror served on the jury, or (b) the remaining jury was biased as a result of the defendant's use of all of the peremptory challenges.” | 3 |
| 7 | State v. Begey | green | “that counsel made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the 'counsel' guaranteed the defendant by the sixth amendment.” | 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.