Wilson v. Knowles’s Empirical Analysis
638 F.3d 1213 · 2011
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Almendarez-Torres v. United States · Shepard v. United States · Lockyer Attorney General of California v. Andrade · Harrington v. Richter
Most-quoted passages
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“The judge ... speculated as to how a [previous] jury ... might have evaluated the evidence if the evidence had been offered and if a jury had been impaneled to evaluate it.” Id. Thus, the judge’s factfinding”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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