Peterson v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis
904 F.2d 882 · 1990
Citation profile
30
cited by 30 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
November 1998
most recently cited
10 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Lockett v. Ohio · Sandstrom v. Montana · Caldwell v. Mississippi
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e believe that Ramos left to the states the decision concerning what, if anything, a jury should be told about commutation, pardon, and parole.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Joseph Roger O'dell, III v. J.D. Netherland, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections James S. Gilmore, Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia, Joseph Roger O'dell, III v. J.D. Netherland, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections James S. Gilmore, Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia · O'Dell III v. Jd Netherland J S III O'Dell III“'[S]tates are free to structure and shape consideration of mitigating evidence.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Joseph Roger O'dell, III v. J.D. Netherland, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections James S. Gilmore, Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia, Joseph Roger O'dell, III v. J.D. Netherland, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections James S. Gilmore, Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia · O'Dell III v. Jd Netherland J S III O'Dell III“You may infer malice from the deliberate use of a deadly weapon unless, from all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to whether malice existed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morgan v. Corcoran
How this case has been treated — in progress
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