Evans v. Thigpen’s Empirical Analysis
809 F.2d 239 · 1987
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2017 · most notably Stringer v. Black (1992), 645 So. 2d 829 - Chase v. State (1994)
11 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Wainwright v. Witt · Engle v. Isaac · Caldwell v. Mississippi · Sloan v. Hicks
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In reviewing state evidentiary rulings, our role is limited to determining whether a trial judge's error is so extreme that it constituted denial of fundamental fairness.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Collins · Lucas v. Johnson“Even if you find the existence of one, two, or three or more aggravating circumstances, you still can conclude that the circumstances are insufficient to warrant death, and you may impose a sentence of life imprisonment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Court instructs the jury that even if you find that aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances, you may still recommend mercy and sentence the defendant to life imprisonment.”
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.