Morales v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
659 F.3d 588 · 2011
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Coleman v. Thompson · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · Schlup v. Delo
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'with new reliable evidence—whether it be exculpatory scientific evidence, trustworthy eyewitness accounts, or critical physical evidence—that was not presented at trial.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“make a probabilistic determination about what reasonable, properly instructed jurors would do.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. People v. Brown“requires a stronger showing than that required to establish Strickland prejudice”
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.