DeLuna v. Lynaugh’s Empirical Analysis
890 F.2d 720 · 1989
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2004 · most notably Delo v. Lashley (1993), Graham v. Collins (1992)
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Faretta v. California · Penry v. Lynaugh · Evitts v. Lucey · Jurek v. Texas · Brendale v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to introduce mitigating evidence as a tactical decision ... does not come within the requirements announced in Penry.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. May v. Collins · May v. Collins“opened the door to the introduction in evidence of a prior criminal record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Delo v. Lashley
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.