Sasser v. Hobbs’s Empirical Analysis
735 F.3d 833 · 2013
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Coleman v. Thompson · Gregg v. Georgia
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in individuals with IQs between 70 and 75 who exhibit significant deficits in adaptive behavior.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning accompanied by a significant deficit or impairment in adaptive functioning manifest in the developmental period, but no later than age eighteen (18) years of age; and (B) A deficit in adaptive behavior.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Arkansas's mental retardation standard ... is fully consistent with nationally accepted diagnostic criteria. The fourth prong largely duplicates the second prong, but places no age requirement on the evidence used to establish limitations in adaptive behavior.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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