Mason v. Procunier’s Empirical Analysis
748 F.2d 852 · 1984
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Wainwright v. Sykes · Sumner v. Mata · Barefoot v. Estelle · United States Smith v. Baldi
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.
“Smith v. Baldi, 344 U.S. 561, 568 , 73 S.Ct. 391, 394 , 97 L.Ed. 549 (1953), holds that a state is not under a constitutional mandate to provide the defendant a psychiatrist. The court deems Smith v. Baldi to be the controlling precedent to which it must adhere.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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