Bruni v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
847 F.2d 561 · 1988
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably State v. Amaya-Ruiz (1990), Russell v. Rolfs (1990)
32 federal appellate · 1 district · 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Johnson v. Zerbst · Edwards v. Arizona · Wainwright v. Sykes · Engle v. Isaac
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] defendant may selectively waive his Miranda rights, deciding to 'respond to some questions but not others.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“he felt good to answer or that he thought his attorney would probably advise him to answer.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In his state post-conviction proceeding, the appellate court ruled that this waived his claim under Arizona law. The court nonetheless addressed the merits of Bruni’s claim and found no constitutional violation. Since the state court did not rely exclusively on a procedural ground in denying Bruni’s petition, we reach the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tacho v. Martinez
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.