4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 80 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 Ex Parte Napper.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ex Parte Napper Anchor | green | “deficient performance means that 'counsel made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the 'counsel' guaranteed the defendant by the sixth amendment.” | 31 |
| 2 | Andrews v. State | green | “we commonly assume a strategic motive if any can be imagined and find counsel's performance deficient only if the conduct was so outrageous that no competent attorney would have engaged in it.” | 27 |
| 3 | Andrews v. State | green | “the conduct was so outrageous that no competent attorney would have engaged in it.” | 13 |
| 4 | Davis v. State | green | “to obtain a reversal of a conviction under the strickland test, a defendant must show that: (1) counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) counsel's deficient performance prejudiced the defense, resulting in an unreliable or fundamentally un…” | 9 |
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.