Woodward v. Epps’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 federal appellate · 1 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the trial court must evaluate not only whether the prosecutor’s demeanor belies a discriminatory intent, but also whether the juror's demeanor can credibly be said to have exhibited the basis for the strike attributed to the juror by the prosecutor.” Id. at 1208. In Fields’s case, the prosecutor’s reasons for striking Green, McAlpin, and Brigham are not based on demeanor. 2 . The transcript contains numerous other errors. For example, the court reporter identified a speaker as”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fields v. Thaler

2. “Upon a finding that investigative, expert, or other services are reasonably necessary for the representation of the defendant, whether in connection with issues relating to guilt or the sentence, the court may authorize the defendant’s attorneys to obtain such services on behalf of the defendant and, if so authorized, shall order the payment of fees and expenses therefor under subsection (g).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Stephens

3. “A state court decision is “contrary to” federal precedent if it applies a rule that contradicts the governing law set forth by the Supreme Court or if it involves a set of facts that are materially indistinguishable from a Supreme Court decision but reaches a result different from that Court’s precedent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lee Taylor v. Rick Thaler, Director