Pace v. McNeil’s Empirical Analysis
556 F.3d 1211 · 2009
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Lockett v. Ohio · Soria v. United States · Benitez v. Mata · Soria v. United States
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.
“; while providing a mitigating factor, such details may alienate the jury and offer little reason to lessen the sentence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“presenting evidence of a defendant's drug addiction to a jury is often a "two-edged sword”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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