Evans v. Verdini’s Empirical Analysis
466 F.3d 141 · 2006
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 9 district ·
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 Kotteakos v. United States · Brecht v. Abrahamson · Chambers v. Mississippi · Estelle v. McGuire · Picard v. Connor
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an evidentiary error may result in such fundamental unfairness to the defendant as to constitute a due process violation,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“resulted in a decision that was based 5 on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Violation of a rule of evidence does not itself amount to a constitutional violation, which is a necessary predicate for a habeas claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.