Brooks v. Wj Estelle’s Empirical Analysis
697 F.2d 586 · 1982
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Adams v. Texas · Kissinger v. Halperin · Kolender v. Lawson · Woods 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]o exact review of a prior sentence each time another person involved in the same crime or a person involved in another similar crime is sentenced would require literally endless review unless the state ceased to prosecute and obtain convictions in capital cases. The constitution does not require retrospective review of a sentence imposed four years earlier.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“state is entitled to exclude [prospective] jurors who state they cannot follow a constitutional state law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McCoy v. Lynaugh“It is well-settled that the State may favor with clemency a person who confesses his guilt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.