Fetterly v. Paskett’s Empirical Analysis
15 F.3d 1472 · 1994
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Teague v. Lane · Estelle v. McGuire · Furman v. Georgia · Lockett v. Ohio
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.
“[p]art of the requirement of reliability is “that the reasons present in one case will reach a similar result to that reached under similar circumstances in another case.” Because Fetterly may not have been sentenced to death as prescribed by [Idaho law], this goal of similar sentences in similar cases may not have been met. If the sentencing judge did not follow Idaho’s statutory procedures in Fetterly’s case, others similarly sentenced in Idaho have been and will necessarily be treated differently. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Ceja v. Stewart“is merely a matter of state procedural law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Ceja v. Stewart
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.