Michael Patrick Moore v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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. “An application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court shall not be granted with respect to any claim that was adjudicated on the merits in State court proceedings unless the adjudication of the claim— (1) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Janecka v. Cockrell · Woods v. Cockrell

2. “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, a demonstration that ... includes showing that reasonable jurists could debate whether ... the petition should have been resolved in a different manner or that the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Jones · Robertson v. Cockrell

3. “a defendant cannot expect the state to provide him a mostsophisticated defense; rather, he is entitled to `access to the raw materials integral to the building of an effective defense.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 860 So. 2d 704 - Howell v. State · Grayson v. State