Smith v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.3d 628 · 2013
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Atkins v. Virginia · Purkett v. Elem · Miller-El v. Dretke · Panetti v. Quarterman
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must consider only the [Government's] asserted reasons for striking the black jurors and compare those reasons with its treatment of the nonblack jurors”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chamberlin v. Fisher“[A]lthough Smith did not point to specific jurors for comparative analysis, we have conducted an in-depth review of the record ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chamberlin v. Fisher
How this case has been treated — in progress
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