532 F. Supp. 545 - Dobbert v. Strickland’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently June 2003
6 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Wainwright v. Sykes · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Lockett v. Ohio · Swain v. State of Alabama
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A. Insufficiency of Evidence B. Refusal to Consider Relevant Mitigating Circumstances C. Striking Aggravating Circumstances D. Refusal to Instruct Jury on a Lesser Included Offense E. The Supreme Court of Florida’s Improper Ex Parte Consideration of Extra-Record Materials F. Systematic Exclusion of Death Scrupled Jurors G. Improper Overriding of Jury’s Verdict of Life Imprisonment H. Unconstitutionality of Trial Court Overriding Jury Verdict of Life and Imposing a Sentence of Death I. Improper Restriction of Mitigating Circumstances J. Refusal to Sever Counts K. Improperly Admitted Prejudicial Evidence L. Improper Closing Argument M. Unconstitutional Aggravating Evidence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Witherspoon is clearly inapplicable to the case at bar * * * [ Swain ] cannot, even by analogy, be considered controlling here.”
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.