Hennessy v. Goldsmith’s Empirical Analysis
929 F.2d 511 · 1991
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Sandstrom v. Montana · Sumner v. Mata
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a constitutional error that deprives the defendant of due process.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`Voluntary' in this regard, means `arising from one's own free will,' or `acting or done with no external persuasion or compulsion.' " Id. at 517 ( citing Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary). (Emphasis added). It is quite clear that though "voluntary”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Teer v. State“concrete example of why it would be a quixotic exercise of form over substance to deny under all circumstances the application of harmless error analysis to an instructional omission on an uncontested issue.”
1 later decision 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.