Hernandez v. Rayl’s Empirical Analysis
944 F.2d 794 · 1991
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Sandstrom v. Montana · Yates v. Evatt · Connecticut v. Johnson · United States v. Francisco-Lopez · Wiley III v. Rayl
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so strong ... [that] intent to kill was established beyond a reasonable doubt independently of the unconstitutional instruction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Arney v. Roberts
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.