Shuman v. Wolff’s Empirical Analysis
791 F.2d 788 · 1986
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Bruton v. United States · Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia · Lockett v. Ohio
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.
“age and the mental or emotional state of the defendant, the provocation for the killing, the pressure from other inmates, and the record of the defendant in prison since the first offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sumner v. Shuman“'mandatory death statute simply cannot be reconciled with the scrupulous care the legal system demands to insure that the death penalty fits the individual and the crime.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sumner v. Shuman“5. Every person convicted of capital murder shall be punished by death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sumner v. Shuman
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.