Mejia v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Coleman v. Thompson · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“could have argued that self-defense justified an 'all-out' acquittal for manslaughter as well as for murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mejia v. Davis“'double-edged' ... because no harm to Mejia's defense would have resulted from requesting the instruction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mejia v. Davis“the affidavit of Applicant's trial attorney Alex Luna is credible,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mejia v. Davis
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.