Buttrum v. Black’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Chapman v. State of California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Ohio v. Roberts
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“diametrically opposed to the Georgia death penalty statute, which directs that `the jury shall retire to determine whether any mitigating or aggravating circumstances... exist and whether to recommend mercy for the defendant.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“a sense of mercy should not dissuade one from punishing criminals to the maximum extent possible”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.