Guyton v. LeFevre’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Wade · Wainwright v. Sykes · Rose v. Lundy · Sandstrom v. Montana
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n appeal may ... be taken to the [Cjourt of [Ajppeals by ... the defendant ... from any adverse or partially adverse order of an intermediate appellate court____ An order of an intermediate appellate court... is adverse to the party who was the respondent in such court when it reverses the judgment, sentence or order appealed from. An appellate court order which modifies a judgment or order appealed from is partially adverse to each party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Foster v. Murphy
How this case has been treated — in progress
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