Adams v. Aiken’s Empirical Analysis
41 F.3d 175 · 1994
Citation profile
68
cited by 68 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
May 2008
most recently cited
30 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Teague v. Lane · Arizona v. Fulminante · Estelle v. McGuire
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the rule that a constitutionally deficient reasonable doubt instruction violates the Due Process Clause satisfies Teague's second exception”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage“could have interpreted the instruction to allow a finding of guilt based on a degree of proof below that required by the Due Process Clause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Victor explains that the offending words can be neutralized by words or phrases that preclude the jury from requiring more than a reasonable doubt to acquit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Harvell v. Nagle
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.