Engberg v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2018 · most notably 667 So. 2d 1242 - Ballenger v. State (1995), 126 Wash. 2d 136 - State v. Brett (1995)
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 41 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 Strickland v. Washington · Anders v. California · Wainwright v. Sykes · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Witherspoon v. Illinois
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]vidence is material only if there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A “reasonable probability” is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(a) The judgment of conviction and sentence of death is subject to automatic review by the Supreme Court of Wyoming within one hundred twenty (120) days after certification by the sentencing court of the entire record, unless the time is extended for an additional period not to exceed sixty (60) days by the supreme court for good cause shown. Such review by the supreme court shall have priority over all other cases. (b) Within ten (10) days after receiving the transcript, the clerk of the trial court shall transmit the entire record and transcript to the supreme court of Wyoming together with a notice prepared by the clerk and a report prepared by the trial judge. The notice shall set forth the title and docket number of the case, the name of the defendant and the name and address of his attorney, a statement of the judgment, the crime and punishment prescribed. The report shall be in the form of a standard questionnaire prepared and supplied by the supreme court of Wyoming. (c) The Supreme Court of Wyoming shall consider the punishment as well as any errors enumerated by way of appeal. (d) With regard to the sentence, the court shall determine if: (i) The sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor; (ii) The evidence supports the jury's or judge's finding of an aggravating cireum-stance as enumerated in W.S. 6-2-102 and mitigating cireumstances. (iii) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 171, § 2 [ 2 ] (e) In addition to its au”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Olsen v. State“(c) The supreme court of Wyoming shall consider the punishment as well as any errors enumerated by way of appeal. (d) With regard to the sentence, the court shall determine if: (i) The sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor; () The evidence supports the jury's or judge's finding of an aggravating cireum-stance as enumerated in W.S. 6-2-102 and mitigating cireumstances. (ii) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 171, § 2. (e) In addition to its authority regarding correction of errors, the court, with regard to review of death sentences, may: (i) Affirm the sentence of death; () Set the sentence aside and impose a sentence of life imprisonment; or (iii) Set the sentence aside and remand the case for resentencing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Harlow v. State
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.