829 F. Supp. 676 - DeShields v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2242 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Teague v. Lane · Griffin v. California
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mills is nothing more than a 'mere extension of then existing precedent to a new factual scenario.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gall v. Parker · Banks v. Horn“requirement that juries in capital cases be permitted to consider all mitigating factors and aspects of a defendant's character and to give effect to that evidence was firmly established”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Banks v. Horn“break[ ] new ground or impose[] a new obligation on the states or the Federal Government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gall v. Parker
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.