In Re: Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia · Schlup v. Delo · Herrera v. Collins · House v. Bell
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no rational trier of fact would have found proof of guilt or delinquency beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In re: Phillips · In Re: Scott“draw [its] conclusion from a hypothetical new trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in the trial transcript. See In re Brown , 295 Va. 202 , 226, 810 S.E.2d 444 (2018) (citing Press Release, Governor Mark Warner, Governor Warner Announces Two Men Exonerated with Assistance of DNA Testing Not Available at Trial-Results of Random Sample Review of Old Serology Files Prompt Full-Scale Review (Dec. 14, 2005)). The”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re: Scott
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.