Hein v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
601 F.3d 897 · 2010
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · United States v. Agurs · Kyles v. Whitley
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“• whether the prosecutor misstated the evidence; • whether the judge admonished the jury to disregard the improper argument; • whether defense counsel opened the door to the improper argument; • whether defense counsel had adequate opportunity to rebut the argument; and • the prominence of the argument in the context of the entire trial and weight of the evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the comment did not pervade the proceedings and was not emphasized.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“potential prejudice of the prosecution’s comments was mitigated”
1 later decision 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.