Johnson v. Dugger’s Empirical Analysis
817 F.2d 726 · 1987
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably Blanco v. Singletary (1991), United States v. Sleet (1995)
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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 Bruton v. United States · Neil v. Biggers · Allen v. United States · Benjamin v. United States · Dewees v. United States
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Factors considered in determining reliability include “the opportunity to view the witness at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation, and the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“allow identification before the suspect has altered his appearance and while the witness' memory is fresh, and permit the quick release of innocent persons.”
2 later decisions 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.