Robinson v. Whitley’s Empirical Analysis
2 F.3d 562 · 1993
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2023 · most notably United States v. Mala (1993), State v. Garza (2009)
35 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · Doggett v. United States · Smith v. Hooey · Castor v. United States · 277 So. 2d 126 - State v. Prieur
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“By the trial's end, however, the prosecution had managed to blow so many holes in Robinson's alibi that the only effect their testimony would have had would be to have transformed Robinson's alibi from an incredibly tall tale to just a tall one.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even assuming these individuals could have and would have provided exculpatory testimony, either Robinson or his attorney should have taken adequate steps to preserve their testimony for trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he accused's burden `of proof [under the fourth Barker factor] varies inversely with the [State's] degree of culpability for the delay,'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex Parte Walker · Ex Parte Hamilton
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.