314 F. Supp. 2d 434 - Wilson v. Beard’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Batson v. Kentucky · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · Swain v. State of Alabama · Hernandez v. New York
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that [Wilson’s] convictions of May 16, 1984 for First Degree Murder and Possessing an Instrument of Crime ... are VACATED. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may retry [Wilson] on these charges within 180 days of the date of this Order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“offered no . . . legitimate rationale for Mr. McMahon's decision to make such notations,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Beard“at least one of the peremptory strikes exercised against African-American jurors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Beard
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.