Davis v. Bradshaw’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.3d 315 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Schlup v. Delo · Herrera v. Collins · Pace v. Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford · Rhines v. Weber · Christopher Artuz Superintendent Green Haven Correctional Facility v. Tony Bruce Bennett
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“But this innocence gateway is a narrow one. The Supreme Court has cautioned that it should open only when a petition presents evidence of innocence so strong that a court cannot have confidence in the outcome of the trial unless the court is also satisfied that the trial was free of nonharmless constitutional error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Simmons v. Winn“support his allegations of constitutional error with new reliable evidence - whether it be exculpatory scientific evidence, trustworthy eyewitness accounts, or critical physical evidence - that was not presented at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Simmons v. Winn“Because a gateway-innocence claim involves evidence the trial jury did not have before it, the inquiry requires the federal court to assess how reasonable jurors would react to the overall, newly supplemented record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Simmons v. Winn
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.