Williams v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
427 F.2d 921 · 1970
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Burgett v. Texas · Lisenba v. People of State of California · Murphy v. Houma Well Service · Boulden v. Holman
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Witherspoon stands for the limited proposition that the State cannot challenge a venireman for cause merely because he said he was `opposed to capital punishment' or indicated that he had `conscientious scruples against inflicting it.' At the same time the Supreme Court was very careful to point out that the state had an equal right to an impartial jury. Therefore, the state still has the right to challenge any venireman that demonstrates his view of capital punishment would either prevent him from finding the defendant guilty or prevent him from imposing the death penalty."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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