Stephens v. Kemp’s Empirical Analysis
721 F.2d 1300 · 1983
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
September 1990
most recently cited
13 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zant v. Stephens · Enmund v. Florida · Price v. Johnston · Blanton v. General Electric Credit Corp. · Lyon v. California
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“wholly unsupported attacks on the competency and effectiveness of prior counsel will not be tolerated.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“suggestion that he could produce evidence at a subsequent hearing does not satisfy his burden”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(b) Successive petitions. A second or successive petition may be dismissed if the judge finds that it fails to allege new or different grounds for relief and the prior determination was on the merits or, if new and different grounds are alleged, the judge finds that the failure of the petitioner to assert those grounds in a prior petition constituted an abuse of the writ.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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