Ex Parte Moreno’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 227th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Williams v. Taylor · Atkins v. Virginia · Penry v. Lynaugh · Skipper v. South Carolina · Penry v. Johnson
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.
“We can no longer maintain that evidence of a troubled childhood is adequately encompassed within the statutory special issues. Both Abdul-Kabir and (especially) Brewer expressly state that Supreme Court precedent has long rejected the notion that a jury can meaningfully express its reasoned moral response to evidence of a troubled or disruptive childhood within the narrow confines of the special issues.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex Parte Hathorn“will be extremely hesitant ever to exercise [its] authority to reconsider a decision on an initial post-conviction habeas corpus application”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex Parte Woods
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.