Carson v. Peters’s Empirical Analysis
42 F.3d 384 · 1994
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
4
states following
April 2007
most recently cited
17 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brecht v. Abrahamson · Chambers v. Mississippi · Estelle v. McGuire · Williamson v. United States · Green v. Georgia
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“defendants have an easier time under the second sentence of Rule 804(b)(3)....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e have understood Chambers and Green as establishing the rule that 'if the defendant tenders vital evidence the judge cannot refuse to admit it without giving a better reason that it is hearsay.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“states must allow defendants to put reliable third-party confessions before the jury, despite the hearsay rule, when necessary to assist in separating the guilty from the innocent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.