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743 F.3d 1 · 2014

Citation profile

16
cited by 16 later decisions
February 2025
most recently cited

7 federal appellate · 4 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Brady v. State of Maryland · Coleman v. Thompson · Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Darden v. Wainwright

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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, [no] rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “In habeas jurisdiction, our focus is “the narrow one of due process, and not the broad exercise of supervisory power.” Donnelly v. DeChristoforo, 416 U.S. 637, 642 , 94 S.Ct. 1868 , 40 L.Ed.2d 431 (1974) (internal quotation mark omitted). The clearly established law in this area is exemplified by the Supreme Court’s decision in Darden v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 168, 106 S.Ct. 2464 , 91 L.Ed.2d 144 (1986). Under Darden , the constitutional test is whether the prosecutor’s alleged misconduct “‘so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process.’ ” Id. at 181 , 106 S.Ct. 2464 (quoting Donnelly, 416 U.S. at 643 , 94 S.Ct. 1868 ). This is a case-specific inquiry; “[t]here is no precise federal standard governing due process claims based on a prosecutor’s remarks.” Dagley v. Russo, 540 F.3d 8 , 15 n. 3 (1st Cir.2008).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “[U]nder Jackson, direct evidence is not necessary to sustain a conviction. . . . This principle is even more firmly established in connection with the deferential approach to state-court decisionmaking that federal habeas review demands.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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