Skinner v. Quarterman’s Empirical Analysis
528 F.3d 336 · 2008
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2021
4 federal appellate · 2 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Barefoot v. Estelle · Tennard v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] couple of days after the murders, she saw Donnell thoroughly clean the carpets and inside of his truck and paint the outside; she had never seen him clean the truck before. She noted, however, that when she went out to the truck as he was cleaning it, she did not see blood or anything else unusual. Ellis also testified that Donnell carried a knife and that she observed him when police told him his niece and her two sons had been murdered, and he said “okay” without emotion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“would undermine the prosecution's theory that Skinner’s bloody hand print on the low part of the bedroom door frame was caused by Elwin's knocking Skinner to the ground in a struggle as Skinner attacked him in the bedroom.”). The closing argument issue is therefore plainly within the scope of our COA, and out of an abundance of caution, we also address Skinner's failure-to-object argument. 4 . The district court and this court noted that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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