Graham v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “for further consideration in light of Penry v. Lynaugh,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Graham v. Collins · Graham v. Johnson

2. “(1) whether the conduct of the defendant that caused the death of the deceased was committed deliberately and with the reasonable expectation that the death of the deceased or another would result; 7 (2) whether there is a probability that the defendant would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society; and 8 (3) if raised by the evidence, whether the conduct of the defendant in killing the deceased was unreasonable in response to the provocation, if any, by the deceased.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Graham v. Collins · Graham v. Collins

3. “In remanding this case, the Supreme Court neither expressed nor suggested disagreement with any part of our prior opinion other than that relating to Graham's argument that the Texas statutory sentencing procedure does not allow the jury to consider fully the relevant mitigating circumstances, which is discussed in section IIB of that opinion. Accordingly, with the exception of section IIB, we reinstate our prior opinion.”

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