Blackston v. Rapelje’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.3d 340 · 2015
Citation profile
1 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Williams v. Taylor · Crawford v. Washington · Kotteakos v. United States · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska
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.
“When a hearsay statement ... has been admitted in evidence, the credibility of the declarant may be attacked, and if attacked may be supported, by any evidence which would be admissible for those purposes if declarant had testified as a witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[t]here is a clearly established right to impeach the credibility of an adverse witness using the witness's own inconsistent statements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“involved an unreasonable application of ... clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.