Hawkins v. West’s Empirical Analysis
706 F.2d 437 · 1983
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently March 2010
7 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 Jackson v. Virginia · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Wainwright v. Sykes · Rose v. Lundy · 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“case fell far short of that required to prove ... guilt beyond a reasonable doubt”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that if the New York court had operated under a 'no evidence' [old federal] rule prior to Jackson, the fact that Jackson was decided after Hawkins' appeal would argue strongly, perhaps conclusively, for resubmitting the reasonable doubt claim to state court on the theory that the new standard of review might produce a different result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Campanale v. Harris“first, that Jackson [v. Virginia] emanated out of [In Re] Winship, [ 397 U.S. 358 , 90 S.Ct. 1068, 25 L.Ed.2d 368 (1970) ] and, second, that the New York courts would not now apply a standard of review different from that which they applied when Hawkins first appealed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Campanale v. Harris
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.