Ex Parte Cacy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen we balance the newly available evidence ... with other exculpatory evidence and the evidence of guilt presented at trial, we are satisfied that Applicant has shown by clear and convincing evidence that no rational jury would convict him in light of the new evidence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Chaney

2. “is not the same as establishing that the applicant is manifestly innocent "). In this case, however, I do not agree that Applicant has even established entitlement to relief under Elizondo , much less that he is "actually innocent”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Chaney

3. “has been granted relief in accordance with a writ of habeas corpus that is based on a court finding or determination that the person is actually innocent of the crime for which the person was sentenced.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Chaney