Walton v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Townsend v. Sain · Ring v. Arizona · Atkins v. Virginia · Penry v. Lynaugh
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ssessment of developmental origin shall be based on multiple sources of information generally accepted by the field of psychological testing and appropriate for the particular defendant being assessed, including, whenever available, educational, social service, medical records, prior disability assessments, parental or caregiver reports, and other collateral data.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Walker v. True · Walton v. Johnson“Walton has not satisfied the statutory definition of mental retardation under Virginia law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“most likely is an underestimate of his intelligence”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.