Graham v. Lynaugh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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

1. “Graham has failed to overcome the presumption that the state court's findings were correct.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Graham v. Johnson · Graham v. Johnson

2. “We do not suggest that this area of the law is devoid of wrinkles. The Supreme Court has recently granted certiorari in the case of Penry v. Lynaugh, 832 F.2d 915 (5th Cir.1987), cert. granted, U.S. [1233], 108 S.Ct. 2896, 101 L.Ed.2d 930 (1988). In Penry, our court closely scrutinized evidence of Penry's mental retardation and concluded that there was some doubt whether the Texas statute permitted this evidence to be considered in answering the sentencing questions. 832 F.2d at 925.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Graham v. Collins

3. “the jury's verdict ... is consistent with the constitutional requirements outlined in Franklin and other precedents.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Graham v. Collins