Lee v. Lampert’s Empirical Analysis
653 F.3d 929 · 2011
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Anders v. California · Slack v. McDaniel · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Coleman v. Thompson
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The meaning of actual innocence as formulated ... does not merely require a showing that a reasonable doubt exists in the light of the new evidence, but rather that no reasonable juror would have found the defendant guilty. It is not the district court’s independent judgment as to whether reasonable doubt exists that the standard addresses; rather the standard requires the district court to make a probabilistic determination about what reasonable, properly instructed jurors would do. Thus, a petitioner does not meet the threshold requirement unless he persuades the district court that, in light of the new evidence, no juror, acting reasonably, would have voted to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“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 ... (B) ... (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 fact-finder would have found the applicant guilty of the underlying offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Rivas v. Fischer“We note that, in many cases, the phrase 'equitable tolling’ is used in describing the use of equitable power to allow the untimely filing of a habeas petition in an actual innocence case. The more accurate characterization is 'equitable exception,’ because equitable tolling involves different theoretical underpinnings.” Id. Although we have used the phrase”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Perkins v. McQuiggin
How this case has been treated — in progress
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