Mann v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
774 F.3d 1203 · 2014
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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 Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Lindh v. Murphy · Picard v. Connor
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]ounsel could not have made a reasoned strategic decision to not present mitigating evidence regarding Mann’s organic brain damage or other life history because he did not even attempt to explore that evidence. Rather, the record suggests that his failure to investi gate thoroughly resulted from inattention, not reasoned strategic judgment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“I have misgivings about whether, in light .of the Supreme Court's decision in Richter, we are still entitled to reverse a state court’s reasonable decision based on what we consider to be its incorrect reasoning.... After Richter, it seems clear that we should assess the reasonableness of a state court’s decision, not its reasoning.”). 5 . Such arbitrariness is all the more perplexing in light of the fact that AEDPA”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mann v. Ryan
How this case has been treated — in progress
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