Coogan v. McCaughtry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]here the “newly discovered evidence” consists of witness recantations of trial testimony or confessions by others of the crime, most courts decline to consider it in the absence of any showing that the prosecution knowingly proffered false testimony or failed to disclose exculpatory evidence, or that petitioner’s counsel was ineffective.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. Bett · Reynold C. Moore v. Steven B. Casperson

2. “in some situations newly discovered evidence is so compelling that it would be a violation of the fundamental fairness embodied in the Due Process Clause not to afford a defendant a new trial in which the evidence could be considered.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jasper Johnson v. Jerry D. Gilmore · Reynold C. Moore v. Steven B. Casperson

3. “As a general rule, newly discovered evidence that bears only on the question of guilt or innocence is not reviewable by a federal court on a motion for habeas corpus relief.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reynold C. Moore v. Steven B. Casperson