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Clanton v. Bair’s Empirical Analysis

826 F.2d 1354 · 1987

Citation profile

24
cited by 24 later decisions
2
states following
November 1999
most recently cited

10 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Ake v. Oklahoma · Santoni v. United States · Burger v. Kemp · Reading Co. v. Schweitzer

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

  1. “seemed lucid and rational. He gave no indication of any mental or emotional problems. There was no doubt of his competence to stand trial and nothing suggestive of a possible defense of insanity at the time of commission of the murder.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “There is no constitutional basis for a rule that would require a psychiatric evaluation in every ... case.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “When a seemingly lucid and rational client rejects the suggestion of a psychiatric evaluation and there is no indication of a mental or emotional problem, a trial lawyer may reasonably forego insistence upon an examination. There is no constitutional basis for a rule that would require a psychiatric evaluation in every capital case.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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