Fratta v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
889 F.3d 225 · 2018
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Slack v. McDaniel · Coleman v. Thompson · Schlup v. Delo · House v. Bell · Dugger v. Adams
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“evidence was not 'new' where it was always within the reach of [petitioner's] personal knowledge or reasonable investigation”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]enable actual-innocence gateway pleas are rare: '[A] petitioner does not meet the threshold requirement unless he persuades the district court that, in light of the new evidence, no juror, acting reasonably, would have voted to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hancock v. Davis“This court has yet to weigh in on the circuit split concerning what constitutes 'new' evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hancock v. Davis
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.