Brian Dent v. Mike Knowles’s Empirical Analysis
2011
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2242 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Holland v. Florida · Evans v. Chavis · Sergey Spitsyn v. Robert Moore, Warden · Laws v. Aa Lamarque · Roy v. Lampert
Most-quoted passages
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“attach[ing] a sworn declaration and roughly 70 pages of documentation, including medical records”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“made a good-faith showing of mental incompetence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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