O'GUINN v. Dutton’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Arizona v. Fulminante · Lockett v. Ohio
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]ven if the trial court did make the factual determination that the testimony was in conflict, since the Alabama suppression transcript was not a part of the state record, this court finds pursuant to the last paragraph of 28 USC § 2254(d) that such a finding would be clearly erroneous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. O'Guinn v. Dutton“had counsel investigated O'Guinn's background and character, they could have presented strongly mitigating evidence based upon which the jury might have refused to impose the death penalty”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. O'Guinn v. Dutton“The court finds that had the jury considered this evidence, there exists a reasonable probability that it would not have sentenced O'Guinn to die for the murder of Sheila Cupples,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. O'Guinn v. Dutton
How this case has been treated — in progress
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