Gale H. Johnson v. John E. Bennett, Warden Iowa State Penitentiary’s Empirical Analysis
386 F.2d 677 · 1967
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2011 · most notably Stump v. Bennett (1968), Johnson v. Bennett (1968)
32 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Brady v. State of Maryland · Gideon v. Wainwright · Mapp v. Ohio · Townsend v. Sain
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . . [I]n other instructions the court stressed the presumption of innocence, reasonable doubt and the necessity of the State proving all essential elements of the case beyond a reasonable doubt. It is difficult to say on the basis of the instructions as a whole that the defendant was deprived of any substantial constitutional right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Smith“The evidence upon this point is to be considered by the jury, and if upon the whole case'including the evidence of an alibi, there is a reasonable doubt of defendant’s guilt, you should acquit him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Smith
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.