In Re: Kia Levoy Johnson, Movant’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
8
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
2 district · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Coleman v. Thompson · Teague v. Lane · Ring v. Arizona · Atkins v. Virginia
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.
“insufficient to suggest that further development of his claim has any likelihood of success under the Atkins criteria.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[N]either Ring and Apprendi nor Atkins render the absence of mental retardation the functional equivalent of an element of capital murder which the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Skinner“`simply a sufficient showing of possible merit to warrant a fuller [exploration] by the district court.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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