Burger v. Zant’s Empirical Analysis
718 F.2d 979 · 1983
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
January 2011
most recently cited
12 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Wainwright v. Sykes · Gregg v. Georgia · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Bonner v. City of Prichard
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“based on a finding that the defendant inflicted either psychological or physical torture upon his victim.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“) at 18. 3 . THC at 40-41. 4 . The warden-appellant argues that the conflict of interest cases relied upon by Burger are inapposite as involving the representation of multiple defendants by one attorney. Here, appellant contends, Burger and Stevens were represented by”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Burger v. Kemp“[o]ur decision in this case depends in part on the existence of an important procedural safeguard, the mandatory appellate review of each death sentence by the Georgia Supreme Court to avoid arbitrariness and to ensure proportionality.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Collins v. Francis
How this case has been treated — in progress
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