Alderman v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis
663 F.2d 558 · 1981
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently October 2003 · most notably O'Bryan v. Wj Estelle (1983), Williams v. Maggio (1982)
13 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Wainwright v. Sykes · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Doyle v. Ohio
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hether a venireman could sign, in good conscience, a verdict that would result in a defendant's execution is immaterial to jury service under Witherspoon.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidenced no 'unambiguous' intent to oppose capital punishment either in principle or in the trial.” Id. at 563 . In contrast, the record of Osborn's voir dire is not nearly so clear. 7 . There are minor inconsistencies in All-ridge's categorization of this claim at different times. Although he refers to trial counsel's own failure to supervise the psychological test, we perceive the gravamen of Allridge's inadequate investigation claim to be that counsel should have discovered before trial that his psychological expert, who gave the tests, had not remained present while the written protions were being completed; and that this led to the expert's being discredited on cross-examination. 8 . Dr. Schmitt’s name appears as "Schmidt” in the trial transcript and in some other pleadings, but is spelled "Schmitt” in his affidavit. 9 . The tests consisted of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (“MMPI”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Allridge v. Cockrell“(1) that they would automatically vote against the imposition of capital punishment without regard to any evidence that might be developed at the trial of the case before them, or (2) that their attitude toward the death penalty would prevent them from making an impartial decision as to the defendant’s guilt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Maggio
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.