Proffitt v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
756 F.2d 1500 · 1985
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
May 1998
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Lockett v. Ohio · Proffitt v. Florida · Spaziano v. Florida · Barclay v. Florida
Most-quoted passages
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“[ Spaziano ' s ] reasoning calls into question whether any given error in such a merely”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the mitigating circumstances which you may consider, if established by the evidence, are these: [listing statutory mitigating circumstances].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Magill v. Dugger“the sentencing proceeding is so central to Florida's capital sentencing scheme that [a defendant] cannot be resentenced by the judge alone.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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