Ex Parte Napper’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
27 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland))
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Bagley · 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e observe that our 'actual innocence’ jurisprudence could encompass a claim on habeas that involved newly discovered evidence that a witness's testimony was false.”); Chavez, supra, at 216 n. 30 (Keller, P.J., dissenting) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When trial counsel does not conduct a complete investigation, his conduct is 'reasonable only to the extent that reasonable professional judgments support the limitations on investigation.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buck, Duane Edward“the evidence is material (and harmful) unless it can be determined beyond a reasonable doubt that the testimony made no contribution to the defendant's conviction or punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex parte Lalonde
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.