Dalton v. Battaglia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] witness's potential self-interest in testifying about matters for which he or she has direct knowledge goes to the weight and credibility of the 34 testimony[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Estate of Moore – Gardner – Affirmed – Cowley · Moore v. Moore

2. “(A) the claim relies on— (i) a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable; or (ii) a factual predicate that could not have been previously discovered through the exercise of due diligence; and (B) the facts underlying the claim would be sufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that but for constitutional error, no reasonable factfinder would have found the applicant guilty of the underlying offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 558 F. Supp. 2d 826 - United States Ex Rel. Harris v. McCann

3. “the confluence of the missing plea transcript and the destruction of Dalton's state court records prior to the time when the Illinois appellate court had a chance to review the case suggest that there is good reason to suspend the presumption of regularity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson v. State