DeBerry v. Wolff’s Empirical Analysis
513 F.2d 1336 · 1975
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently June 2014 · most notably Graham v. Solem (1984), Thomas v. Wyrick (1976)
57 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · Hill v. United States · Earley v. DiCenso · Sunal v. Large
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fundamental defect which inherently results in a complete miscarriage of justice (or) an omission inconsistent with the rudimentary demands of fair procedure”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he trial court's failure to give a lesser included offense instruction is not normally such a constitutional error or 'fundamental defect' as to allow collateral review under habeas corpus.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]here could be no suppression by the state of evidence already known by and available to [defendant] prior to trial.”
2 later decisions 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.