Francis v. Dugger’s Empirical Analysis
908 F.2d 696 · 1990
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently October 2022 · most notably Waters v. Thomas (1995), 668 So. 2d 954 - Terry v. State (1996)
44 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 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. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · United States v. Agurs · Giglio v. United States
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`evidence of a deprived and abusive childhood is entitled to little, if any mitigating weight' when compared to the aggravating factors”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he facts on which the trial judge relied in applying the “cold, calculated, and premeditated” factor were the same facts underlying application of other aggravating factors, such as “hindering law enforcement” and “especially atrocious and cruel.” Francis argues that the ret rospective application of this factor adversely affected his sentence because the trial judge mistakenly enumerated three, rather than two aggravating factors. The Florida sentencing scheme is not founded on “mere tabulation” of aggravating and mitigating factors, but relies instead on the weight of the underlying facts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The confrontation clause does not, however, prevent a trial court from imposing any limits on the cross-examination of a prosecution witness concerning that witness’s potential bias. A trial court retains wide latitude insofar as the Confrontation Clause is concerned to impose reasonable limits on such cross-examination based on concerns about, among other things, harassment, prejudice, confusion of the issues, the witness’ safety, or interrogation that is repetitive or only marginally relevant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.