John Louis Evans, III v. Alabama’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
February 1984
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Hopper v. Evans · Evans v. Alabama · 361 So. 2d 654 - Evans v. State · 361 So. 2d 666 - Evans v. State · White v. Florida
Most-quoted passages
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“[Evans'] constitutional challenges to Alabama's capital-sentencing procedures have been reviewed exhaustively and repetitively by several courts in both the state and federal systems,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ritter v. Smith“[a] reasonable possibility that four members of the Court will find that this case merits review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ritter v. Smith
How this case has been treated — in progress
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