6 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 96 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 Richard L Sealey v. Warden GDCP..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard L Sealey v. Warden GDCP. Anchor | green | “courts must 'indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.” | 29 |
| 2 | Richard L Sealey v. Warden GDCP. | green | “show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” | 17 |
| 3 | David Scott Franks v. GDCP Warden | green | “a state court's determination that a claim lacks merit precludes federal habeas relief so long as 'fairminded jurists could disagree' on the correctness of the state court's decision.” | 16 |
| 4 | Mays v. Hines | green | “notwithstanding its substantial 'latitude to reasonably determine that a defendant has not shown prejudice,' still managed to blunder so badly that every fairminded jurist would disagree.” | 16 |
| 5 | Mays v. Hines | green | “managed to blunder so badly that every fairminded jurist would disagree” | 9 |
| 6 | Mays v. Hines | green | “substantial 'latitude to reasonably determine that a defendant has not shown prejudice,' still managed to blunder so badly that every fairminded jurist would disagree.” | 9 |
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