Riley v. McDaniel’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.3d 719 · 2015
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Brecht v. Abrahamson · Sandstrom v. Montana · 70 Cal. 2d 15 - People v. Anderson · Hedgpeth v. Pulido
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deliberation was a discrete element of first-degree murder in Nevada.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Riley v. Filson · Howard v. Gittere“the Nevada Supreme Court changed its mind in Powell”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Riley v. Filson · Howard v. Gittere“all three elements , willfulness, deliberation, and premeditation, must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt before an accused can be convicted of first degree murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Riley v. Filson
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.