Schneider v. Lynaugh’s Empirical Analysis
835 F.2d 570 · 1988
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Goodwin v. Johnson (1997), United States v. Hall (1998)
7 federal appellate · 11 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 Strickland v. Washington · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Ake v. Oklahoma · Barefoot v. Estelle
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f a defendant requests such an evaluation or presents psychological evidence, then, at the very least, the prosecution may rebut this presentation with evidence from the reports of the examination that the defendant requested.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“introduce[d] mental-status evidence that may fairly be characterized as expert.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jordan v. State · Brown v. Butler“no feelings of guilt or remorse, and no prospect of rehabilitation. The jury returned a sentence of 75 years on each count. 13 Schneider sought habeas relief contending that the doctor's rebuttal testimony violated his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Finding the case more analogous to Buchanan than Estelle, this court denied relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. Butler
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.