Belyeu v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
67 F.3d 535 · 1995
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently January 2016
11 federal appellate ·
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 Strickland v. Washington · Enmund v. Florida · Tison v. Arizona · Lumpkin v. Lumpkin · Belyeu v. Texas
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the conduct of defendant was committed deliberately and with the expectation that death would result” in the special issue requires the finding of individual liability. 7 . St. Rec. Vol. 1 at 227. 8 . We discuss the third ground below. 9 . Because Campbell has already brought a request for habeas in state court, however, Texas’ abuse-of-the-writ doctrine would prevent the presentation of these claims in a successive habeas application. See Tex.Code Crim. Pro. art. 11.071 § 5(a). 10 . Campbell does not rely on the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Campbell v. Dretke“First, the defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient. This requires showing that counsel made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the “counsel” guaranteed the defendant b,y the Sixth Amendment. Second, the defendant must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense. This requires showing that counsel’s errors were so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e must 'indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance' and that the 'challenged action might be considered sound trial strategy.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. West v. Johnson
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.