Dennis Butko v. Budge’s Empirical Analysis
378 F.3d 880 · 2004
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
3
states following
October 2017
most recently cited
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · United States v. Cronic · Dusky v. United States · Whitmore v. Arkansas · Kansas v. Hendricks
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the prisoner's capacity to appreciate his options and make a rational choice among them.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“appreciate[d] the consequences of his decision, that he underst[ood] the possible grounds for appeal but d[id] not wish to pursue them, and that he ha[d] a reason for not delaying execution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“appreciate his position and make a rational choice with respect to continuing or abandoning further litigation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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