Payne v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
399 F.3d 768 · 2005
Citation profile
3 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 · Brady v. State of Maryland · Williams v. Taylor · United States v. Bagley · United States v. Agurs
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“designed to inflict a high degree of pain, utter indifference to, or enjoyment of, the suffering of others, pitiless,” whereas Payne's jury was instructed that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Payne v. Bell“or” permitted the jury to impose the death penalty upon a finding that the murder involved either torture or depravity of mind. And the definition of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Payne v. Bell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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