Davis v. McCollum’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “alter the law governing statutory schemes giving the sentencing authority a choice between imposing life with or without possibility of parole on juvenile offenders”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 126 - State v. Link · Williams v. State

2. “Because the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) applies here, we keep in mind that when a state court previously adjudicated the merits of a claim, a federal court may grant habeas relief only if that state court decision “was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States,” 28 U.S.C. 2254(d)(1), or “was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the' evidence presented in the State court proceeding,” id. § 2254(d)(2).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Lengerich

3. “Miller invalidated sentencing schemes stripping 'the sentencing authority' of 'discretion to impose a different punishment' than life without the possibility of parole on a juvenile offender”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 126 - State v. Link