317 F. Supp. 2d 197 - Carson v. Fischer’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Leon · Brecht v. Abrahamson · Arizona v. Fulminante · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if this incident was error, it was of such minimal importance to the fair structure of the criminal proceeding that it cannot fall within Fulminante 's classification of structural errors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carson v. Fischer“jurors, along with other members of petitioner's family, insured a public presence notwithstanding the exclusion of petitioner's ex-mother-in-law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carson v. Fischer“any violation of petitioner's rights was harmless and habeas relief would be vastly disproportionate to any violation of petitioner's rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carson v. Fischer
How this case has been treated — in progress
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