Greene v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably Barnes v. State (1998), Mize v. State (1998)
2 federal appellate · 64 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Wainwright v. Witt · Isaacs v. State · Pope v. State · Spivey v. State
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The proper standard for determining the disqualification of a prospective juror based upon his views on capital punishment `"is whether the juror's views would prevent or substantially impair the performance of his duties as a juror in accordance with his instructions and his oath.'"”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Nance v. State · Jenkins v. State“Although a prospective juror gives answers which, standing alone, might indicate that his or her opposition to the death penalty is not “automatic,” this is not decisive. [Cit.]. . . . Moreover, it is immaterial that the disqualification of a prospective juror does not appear with “unmistakable clarity.” .... An appellate court should not substitute its own finding for that of the trial court, since it must pay deference to the trial court’s determination. [Cits.] This deference encompasses the trial court’s resolution of any equivocations and conflicts in the prospective jurors’ responses on voir dire. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Arevalo v. State“An appellate court should not substitute its own finding for that of the trial court, since it must pay deference to the trial court’s determination. [Cits.] This deference encompasses the trial court’s resolution of any equivocations and conflicts in the prospective jurors’ responses on voir dire. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thorpe v. State
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.