447 F. Supp. 898 - Whitehead v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Dusky v. United States · Pate v. Robinson · V. P. Serodino, Inc. v. United States · Bishop v. United States · Robert v. Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that petitioner was unable to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and did not have a rational or factual understanding of the proceedings against him on the afternoon of the second day of trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“his sentence shall not exceed the sentence imposed at his original trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“seemed drunk, sleepy, staggering, and glassy-eyed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Watts v. Singletary
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.