Scott v. Mullin’s Empirical Analysis
303 F.3d 1222 · 2002
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably United States v. Summers (2005), Hooks v. Workman (2012)
19 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · Williams v. Taylor · United States v. Bagley · Coleman v. Thompson
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A `reasonable probability' is a `probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Favorable evidence 'is material if there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different.' " Douglas v. Workman , 560 F.3d 1156 , 1173 (10th Cir. 2009) (quoting Kyles v. Whitley , 514 U.S. 419 , 433, 115 S.Ct. 1555 , 131 L.Ed.2d 490 (1995) ). Here, Mr. Simpson claims the State suppressed three pieces of evidence (collectively, the "Collins Evidence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Simpson v. Carpenter“[W]e conclude that the ... statements constitute Brady evidence that the prosecution had a duty to disclose to [petitioner]. Therefore [petitioner] has also established prejudice to overcome his procedural default.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Simpson v. Carpenter
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.