United States v. Cheely’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 914 · 1994
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1716 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3005 · 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 34 · 18 U.S.C. § 3501 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 18 U.S.C. § 794
Relies on Edwards v. Arizona · Gregg v. Georgia · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Furman v. Georgia · Broadrick v. Oklahoma
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“) (Stewart, Powell, and Stevens, JJ, concurring). 12 The post-Furman death penalty jurisprudential framework can be quickly sketched. See Blystone v. Pennsylvania, 494 U.S. 299 , 308-09, 110 S.Ct. 1078, 1084, 108 L.Ed.2d 255 (1990) (quoting McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 , 305-06, 107 S.Ct. 1756, 1774, 95 L.Ed.2d 262 (1987)). Beyond the threshold requirement that death must be a penalty proportionate to the crime for which the defendant is convicted, 4 a statute that includes capital punishment as a possible penalty (1) must”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“18 U.S.C. Sec. 844(d) 13 This is not particularly surprising in a statute enacted prior to Furman. Such statutes typically marked out a large class of death-eligible persons, and left it to the jury to decide who among this class would be subject to the death penalty. For this reason the dissenting Justices in Furman feared the Court's ruling meant that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“I am willing to discuss subjects presented and answer questions. I do not want a lawyer at this time. I understand and know what I am doing. No promises or threats have been made to me and no pressure or coercion of any kind has been used against me.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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