King v. Trujillo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate ·

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254 that was not presented in a prior application shall be dismissed unless- (A) the applicant shows that the claim relies on a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable; or (B) (i) the factual predicate for the claim could not have been discovered previously through the exercise of due diligence; and (ii) the facts underlying the claim, if proven and viewed in light of the evidence as a whole, would be sufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that, but for constitutional error, no reasonable factfinder would have found the applicant guilty of the underlying offense.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bible v. Schriro · Solorio v. Muniz

2. “claim (1) is based on newly discovered evidence and [also] (2) establishes that he is actually innocent of the crimes alleged ,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Muniz · Pizzuto v. Blades

3. “'would have learned of the new evidence [earlier] had he exercised reasonable care,'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Solorio v. Muniz · Solorio v. Muniz