Greyson v. Kellam’s Empirical Analysis
937 F.2d 1409 · 1991
Citation profile
74 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Burks v. United States · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Oregon v. Kennedy
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 104 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A habeas corpus petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing if he has alleged facts which, if proven, would entitle him to relief and he did not receive a full and fair evidentiary hearing in a state court.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the petitioner's allegations, if proved, would establish the right to relief ...; and (2) the state court trier of fact has not, after a full and fair hearing, reliably found the relevant facts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent““[W]e hold that the circumstances under which such a defendant may invoke the bar of double jeopardy in a second effort to try him are limited to those cases in which the conduct giving rise to the successful motion for a mistrial was intended to provoke the defendant into moving for a mistrial.” (Emphasis added.) Id. at 679 , 102 S.Ct. at 2091 , 72 L.Ed.2d at 427 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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