Jeffries v. Nix’s Empirical Analysis
912 F.2d 982 · 1990
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Nixon · Evans v. Alabama · State Ex Rel. Pope v. Superior Court · United States v. Kasto
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.
“Under Federal Rule of Evidence 412, evidence of a victim's past sexual behavior is, except for very narrowly defined purposes, irrelevant to a charge of rape.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'It is obvious that the mere fact of unchastity of a [rape] victim has no relevance whatsoever to her credibility as a witness.'”
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.