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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 65 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 Charles C. Greiner v. Ronald Wells.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles C. Greiner v. Ronald Wells Anchor | green | “constitutionally effective counsel embraces a 'wide range of professionally competent assistance,' and 'counsel is strongly presumed to have rendered adequate assistance and made all significant decisions in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment.” | 22 |
| 2 | Scott C. Ciak v. United States | green | “because requests for habeas corpus relief are in tension with society's strong interest in the finality of criminal convictions, the courts have established rules that make it more difficult for a defendant to upset a conviction by collateral, as opposed to direct, attack.” | 13 |
| 3 | Gueits v. Kirkpatrick | green | “there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” | 7 |
| 4 | Charles C. Greiner v. Ronald Wells | green | “the habeas petitioner bears the burden of establishing both deficient performance and prejudice.” | 7 |
| 5 | Zhang v. United States | green | “in general, a claim may not be presented in a habeas petition where the petitioner failed to properly raise the claim on direct review.” | 6 |
| 6 | Anthony Armienti v. United States | green | “he will necessarily succeed on the claim.” | 4 |
| 7 | United States v. Gary Malcolm | green | “a hearing is not required 'where the allegations are insufficient in law, undisputed, immaterial, vague, palpably false or patently frivolous.” | 3 |
| 8 | Zhang v. United States | green | “a claim may not be presented in a habeas petition where the petitioner failed to properly raise the claim on direct review.” | 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.