Cordova v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
953 F.2d 167 · 1992
Citation profile
79
cited by 79 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
March 2006
most recently cited
37 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Giglio v. United States · Teague v. Lane · Murray v. Carrier
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“voluntary intoxication is not the kind of 'uniquely severe permanent handicap[ ] with which the defendant was burdened through no fault of his own' that requires a special instruction to ensure that the mitigating effect of such evidence finds expression in the jury's sentencing decision.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only if there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[E]vidence of voluntary intoxication can be given full effect by the jury in deciding whether the defendant acted deliberately.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. James v. Collins
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.