Weekley v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
76 F.3d 1459 · 1996
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Kyles v. Whitley · Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · Foucha v. Louisiana · Kashif v. United States
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is considerable empirical evidence that insanity pleas in and of themselves are not received favorably by jurors”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wise v. Bowersox“Missouri law puts some formidable and carefully wrought impediments in the way of a defendant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wise v. Bowersox
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.