Dutton v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
788 F.2d 669 · 1986
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
August 2008
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Caldwell v. Mississippi · Adams v. Texas · Carstea v. Poplar Tree Homeowners Ass'n
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.
“[T]he statement of the prosecutor was not constitutionally impermissible. The statement was not designed to, nor did it, suggest to the jury that it was not ultimately responsible for deciding [the defendant’s] punishment. The prosecutor merely underscored that the jury was part of the whole system of justice, and within that system it had a grave responsibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Kemp“The crucial inquiry is whether the venireman could follow the court's instructions and obey his oath, notwithstanding his views on capital punishment.”
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.