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575 F.2d 407 · 1978

Citation profile

36
cited by 36 later decisions
4
states following
October 2005
most recently cited

15 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently October 2005 · most notably State v. Asherman (1984), Marino v. Vasquez (1987)

15 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions

1901978198019902000decided

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Stone v. Powell · Irvin v. Dowd · Sheppard v. Maxwell · Turner v. Louisiana

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

  1. ““The jury, of course, is not a sterile institution in our judicial structure. It would be naive to suggest that individual jurors leave all their preconceptions, values and insights on the doorstep when they enter the jury room. Indeed, we encourage jurors to bring their experiences to bear during deliberation. The line between this permissible activity and the consideration of improper evidence is seldom clear. Yet, when specific facts enter the crucible of decision without appropriate safeguards, the constitutional role of the jury is undermined, and the defendant is denied the fair trial which is his constitutional due.” 575 F.2d at 412 .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. Simon v. Kuhlman
  2. “crucial information not in the trial record”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. Sher v. Stoughton

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.