Jesse Ramirez v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., and Mark White, Attorney General of Texas’s Empirical Analysis
678 F.2d 604 · 1982
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
April 1987
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Wainwright v. Sykes · Lewis v. United States · Holman Freeman v. State of Georgia · Hernandez v. Estelle
Most-quoted passages
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“The defendant's belief that a particular witness' testimony is crucial to his case should be brought out at the state trial, giving the state trial court the opportunity to determine the importance of the missing witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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