Postelle v. Carpenter’s Empirical Analysis
901 F.3d 1202 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2242 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 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 Strickland v. Washington · Slack v. McDaniel · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Williams v. Taylor · Brecht v. Abrahamson
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.
“whether an inadequate investigation prejudiced a habeas petitioner, we reweigh the evidence on both sides, this time accounting for the petitioner's proposed additions,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Smith v. Sharp“The likelihood of a different result must be substantial, not just conceivable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Smith v. Sharp“account for how the state would have responded to the omitted evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Smith v. Sharp
How this case has been treated — in progress
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