Sims v. Hyatte’s Empirical Analysis
914 F.3d 1078 · 2018
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 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 Brady v. State of Maryland · Williams v. Taylor · United States v. Bagley · Neil v. Biggers · 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a defendant's due process rights are violated if the state withholds favorable evidence from the defense that is material to the defendant's guilt or punishment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“'if there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed, the result of the proceeding would have been different.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“may well be determinative of guilt or innocence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.