Garrett v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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.

1. “If the defendant perceives the connection between his crime and his punishment, the retributive goal of the criminal law is satisfied, and only if the defendant is aware that his death is approaching can he prepare himself for his passing. Accordingly, I would hold that the Eighth Amendment forbids the execution only of those who are unaware of the punishment they are about to suffer and why they are to suffer it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 401 F. Supp. 2d 702 - Panetti v. Dretke · Walton v. Johnson

2. “consistent with Garrett, " ante, at 175 n. 18, only insofar as the majority opinion, like the court in Garrett, would affirm the finding of competence. Otherwise, the majority opinion fails to appreciate the significance of the analysis and decision in that case. In finding Garrett competent even though he believed that he would not die, the Fifth Circuit explicitly rejected counsel's contention that Garrett was incompetent because he was not "fully aware of the consequences of the death penalty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walton v. Johnson

3. “comprehend[ed] the nature of the penalty,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walton v. Johnson