House v. Balkcom’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Glasser v. United States · Wainwright v. Sykes · Duren v. Missouri · Davis v. Alaska
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.
“Q. Are you Ben S. Atkins? A. Yes, I am. Q. With me representing Jack House? A. Jack House, yes, ma’am. Q. Mr. Atkins, did you see him at police court at all? A. No, ma’am. Q. Did you see him in the police — City Jail at all? A. No, ma’am. Q. Where did you see him first? A. I saw him out at Fulton Tower in the Fulton County Jail. DOROTHY ATKINS: This is all I have, just to show that that is the first place he saw and talked to him. THE WITNESS: Ask me what took place out there, Mrs. Atkins, ask me what took place out there at the jail. [Emphasis added.] Q. (By Dorothy Atkins) You can state what took place out there. [Emphasis added.] A. All right. When I got out there to talk to him he told me — what he told me may not be admissible, but he pulled down his breeches, I had him pull down his breeches and show me right in here (indicating) bruised places on his legs and up to his groin. There were several. I didn’t count them, but there were several blue bruised spots there. He also had a round spot right here where he — where he had been punched with something, but it was round, and right here on the chest (indicating). I witnessed that myself and this was some — it was at least five or six days after the Sunday that he said it happened. DOROTHY ATKINS: Your witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. House v. Balkcom“Both Schumacher and Mrs. Atkins have testified that they did not pursue the matter because they ultimately decided the Ramsey-Patterson testimony could have been discovered in the exercise of due diligence prior to trial. However, that explanation does not make sense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. House v. Balkcom
How this case has been treated — in progress
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