Neal v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
April 1996
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Wainwright v. Sykes · Fay v. Noia · Engle v. Isaac · Taylor v. Louisiana
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““1. Did R_, either alone or jointly with others, purchase cocaine from Co-pher in 1979, as related by Copher in his statement of February 15, 1980, and in his testimony at the 27.26 hearing? 2. If the finding on issue 1 is no, did R_ know, prior to Neal’s trial, that Copher had said in his statement of February 15, 1980, that he (Copher) had sold cocaine to R_in 1979?””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Neal v. State · Neal v. State
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.