Boyd v. Allen’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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “While the additional mitigation witnesses procured by Robinson’s 3.850 counsel could have presented the resentencing jury and trial judge with more details, or different examples, of these aspects of Robinson’s life, these aspects of his life were nonetheless known to the resentencing jury and trial judge.”); Glock v. Moore, 195 F.3d 625 , 636 (11th Cir.1999) (concluding that capital petitioner could not show prejudice because”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Evans v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

2. “We consider the totality of the circumstances surrounding the introduction of the extrinsic evidence to the jury. These include: (1) the nature of the extrinsic evidence; (2) the manner in which the information reached the jury; (3) the factual findings in the trial court and the manner of the court’s inquiry into the juror issues; and (4) the strength of the government’s case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Grant Decatur Allen, Jr.

3. “(1) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 89 F. Supp. 3d 1167 - Moody v. Thomas