James v. Whitley’s Empirical Analysis
926 F.2d 1433 · 1991
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Bagley · Bibby v. United States · Daniel v. Security Pacific National Bank · Mills v. Maryland
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it may be proper to weigh in favor of the accused 'the more specifically the defense requests certain evidence, thus putting the prosecutor on notice of its value' ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Whitley
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.