Lesko v. Jeffes’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Fay v. Noia · Burks v. United States · Colorado v. Connelly · Picard v. Connor
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n light of his disposition of the matter, the Court finds it unnecessary to address the remaining issues raised by the petitioner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lesko v. Owens“could not have remedied the prejudice created by the admission of the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lesko v. Owens
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.