Bell v. Duckworth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “only to make as clear as we can that procedural errors committed in the course of a state criminal trial are not a ground for federal habeas corpus”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 288 F. Supp. 2d 446 - Haywood v. Portuando · Hernandez v. Ylst

2. “A refusal to exclude ('separate') witnesses until they testify is not a denial of due process. Separation or sequestration of witnesses ... is a long-established and well-recognized measure designed to increase the likelihood that testimony will be candid. But the due process clause does not incorporate every refinement of legal procedure designed to make trials fairer or more accurate-not even one hallowed by time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Buckham v. State

3. “in the management of a state criminal trial do not deny the defendant due process of law, see, e.g., Willard v. Pearson, 823 F.2d 1141 , 1149 (7th Cir.1987), unless they are so harmful to the cause of truth that, singly or cumulatively, they make the defendant's conviction fundamentally unfair, see, e.g., Dudley v. Duckworth, 854 F.2d 967 , 972 (7th Cir.1988).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lewis v. Huch