Neuschafer v. Whitley’s Empirical Analysis
816 F.2d 1390 · 1987
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently September 2001
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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
Relies on Edwards v. Arizona · Engle v. Isaac · Zant v. Stephens · Pulley v. Harris · Gutierrez v. Griggs
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“You are instructed that the following factors are circumstances by which Murder of the First Degree may be aggravated: (1) The murder was committed by a person who was previously convicted of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to another, to-wit: Robbery With Use of a Deadly Weapon in Case No. C86093 in the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for the County of Clark. (2) The murder was committed while the person was engaged in the commission of or an attempt to commit any robbery. (3) The murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest. (4) The murder involved depravity of mind.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Canape v. State“We need not address [the depravity of mind] contention, however, for it would be of no avail to the petitioner. The jury found additional and specific aggravating factors which, under both Nevada law and controlling constitutional principles, justify imposition of the capital sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Canape v. State“Edwards bars the use of any confession obtained after the suspect has requested a lawyer, unless the suspect himself initiates further communication.”
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.