Bowden v. Francis’s Empirical Analysis
733 F.2d 740 · 1984
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Bruton v. United States · Wainwright v. Sykes · Gregg v. Georgia · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Lockett v. Ohio
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in determining whether a trial court has denied a defendant due process by refusing to obtain a psychiatric evaluation, we must 'focus on what the trial court did in light of what it then knew'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stano v. Dugger
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.