Hood v. Helling’s Empirical Analysis
141 F.3d 892 · 1998
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Zafiro v. United States · Thompson v. Keohane · Duncan v. Henry · Denbicare U.S.A., Inc. v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. · Allustiarte v. Cooper
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is a serious risk that a joint trial would compromise a specific trial right of one of the defendants, or prevent the jury from making a reliable judgment about guilt or innocence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Qualley v. State“[h]ad the jury accepted either defendant's theory of justification, it could have acquitted both of first degree murder under Iowa law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Qualley v. State
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.