Brown v. Lambert’s Empirical Analysis
431 F.3d 661 · 2005
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Wainwright v. Witt · Lindh v. Murphy · Bumper v. North Carolina · Adams v. Texas
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“She doesn’t know technically what the definition of beyond a reasonable doubt is. I doubt that anybody in this room knows technically what beyond a reasonable doubt really means and even in your own mind.... I was not so concerned with her responses of beyond a shadow of a doubt or crystal clear. I think that definitely could fit within the definition of a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. Lambert“If all prospective jurors who did not fully understand the law before the trial began were struck, only lawyers would be allowed to serve on juries (and only a handful of lawyers at that).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. Lambert“Statement of Issues,” Brown also asks whether his”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Brown v. Lambert
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.