Robinson v. Schriro’s Empirical Analysis
595 F.3d 1086 · 2010
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Coleman v. Thompson · Murray v. Carrier · McMann v. Richardson
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In preparing for the penalty phase of a capital trial, defense counsel has a duty to 'conduct a thorough investigation of the defendant's background' in order to discover all relevant mitigating evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]t the very least, counsel should obtain readily available documentary evidence such as school, employment, and medical records.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Id. Under pre-AEDPA law, we review questions of law or mixed questions of law and fact de novo. Id.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.