Walton v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
407 F.3d 285 · 2005
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
August 2018
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Atkins v. Virginia · Penry v. Lynaugh · Ford v. Wainwright · Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether Walton understands that he is to be punished by execution; and (2) whether Walton understands why he is being punished.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walton v. Johnson“If you have an execution date, does that mean that you have been sentenced to death?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walton v. Johnson“have a telephone, a motorcycle, and a job at Burger King.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walton v. Johnson
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.