Brantley v. McKaskle’s Empirical Analysis
722 F.2d 187 · 1984
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Stone v. Powell · Culombe v. Connecticut · Sumner v. Mata · Hullum v. United States · Public Broadcasting Service v. Network Project
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If, however, the challenge goes to the inferences drawn from the facts, the reviewing court need not accept the [state court's] conclusion and may independently examine and weigh the facts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rideau v. Whitley“( [V]oluntariness of a confession is a mixed question of law and fact”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Fenton
How this case has been treated — in progress
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