Smith v. Bordenkircher’s Empirical Analysis
718 F.2d 1273 · 1983
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Wainwright v. Sykes · Holland v. United States · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Engle v. Isaac
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may not be viewed in artificial isolation, but must be viewed in the context of the overall charge.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“so infected the entire trial that the resulting conviction violates due process.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“every reasonable hypothesis but that of guilt”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Murphy v. Holland · Monk v. Zelez
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.