Flanagan v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
February 2000
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Straight v. Wainwright · Rogers v. State · Cavanaugh v. State · Cole v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(c) Whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any arbitrary factor; and (d) Whether the sentence of death is excessive, considering both the crime and the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Byford v. State“intelligently made and with full comprehension of its ramifications.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.