Carter v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a 'reasonable probability' that the jury would not have imposed the death sentence in the absence of errors by counsel.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Tucker v. Johnson · Green v. Johnson

2. “an application of law to facts is unreasonable only when it can be said that reasonable jurists considering the question would be of one view that the state court ruling was incorrect. In other words, we can grant habeas relief only if a state court decision is so clearly incorrect that it would not be debatable among reasonable jurists.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 137 F. Supp. 2d 529 - Hunterson v. DiSabato · 42 F. Supp. 2d 1059 - Rodriguez v. Zavaras

3. “'positively, unequivocally and clearly generate a real, substantial and legitimate doubt concerning his mental capacity.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nguyen v. Reynolds B · Charles Adrian Foster v. Ronald Ward Wa Drew Edmondson