White v. Maggio’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 11 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(f)undamental fairness is violated when a criminal defendant on trial for his liberty is denied the opportunity to have an expert of his choosing, bound by appropriate safeguards imposed by the Court, examine a piece of critical evidence whose nature is subject to varying expert opinion.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Blake v. Zant · 479 So. 2d 69 - Grayson v. State

2. “"`Critical evidence', for purposes of the due process clause, is evidence that, when developed by skilled counsel and experts, could induce a reasonable doubt in the minds of enough jurors to avoid a conviction." 556 F.2d at 1357-8 .”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 425 So. 2d 500 - Gwin v. State · 662 So. 2d 1156 - Dubose v. State

3. ““ ‘(a) the purpose to be served by the new standards, (b) the extent of the reliance by law enforcement authorities on the old standards, and (c) the effect on the administration of justice of a retroactive application of the new standards.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Diaz v. Scully