6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 47 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 William Emmett Lecroy, Jr. v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Emmett Lecroy, Jr. v. United States Anchor | green | “it is petitioner's burden to 'establish that counsel preformed outside the wide range of reasonable professional assistance' by making 'errors so serious that counsel failed to function as the kind of counsel guaranteed by the sixth amendment.” | 11 |
| 2 | Holly Butcher v. United States | green | “showing prejudice requires petitioner to establish a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” | 9 |
| 3 | Diane Demar v. United States | green | “the burden of persuasion is on a section 2255 petitioner to prove, by a preponderance of the competent evidence, both that counsel's performance was unreasonable, and that he was prejudiced by that performance.” | 7 |
| 4 | William Emmett Lecroy, Jr. v. United States | green | “in evaluating performance, 'counsel is strongly presumed to have rendered adequate assistance and made all significant decisions in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment.” | 7 |
| 5 | Donald Duhart v. United States | green | “if a petitioner cannot satisfy one prong, a court need not review the other prong.” | 7 |
| 6 | Willie D. Armstead v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division | green | “there is a reasonable probability that but for the attorney's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” | 6 |
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