Dunn v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis
963 F.2d 308 · 1992
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably United States v. Kennedy (1995), Powell v. Collins (2003)
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Douglas v. People of State of California · Ake v. Oklahoma · Sumner v. Mata · Sumner v. Mata · Britt v. North Carolina
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he state trial judge was made aware in general terms of [the boyfriend's] threats against and physical abuse of [Dunn] and that evidence of battered woman's syndrome would likely have bearing on whether [Dunn] had the state of mind necessary to commit the crime of aiding and abetting. [Dunn's] counsel explained clearly that the state's case against [Dunn] rested heavily on an aiding and abetting theory; that specific intent to assist ... is a necessary element of the crime of aiding and abetting; that [Dunn's] case rested on her ability to show that she lacked the requisite intent; and that [Dunn] could not develop an effective rebuttal of that element without the assistance of an expert. We conclude that [Dunn] made a compelling showing that her mental state would be a central issue at trial. Given the facts before the state trial judge and the defense counsel's explanation for requesting expert assistance, we conclude the state trial court should have known that a refusal of [Dunn's] request for expert assistance would deny [Dunn] an adequate opportunity to prepare and present her defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“he ... threatened to kill [her] many times, ... he ... subjected her to Russian Roulette with the .357 magnum, and ... he ... advised her that her family or other innocent parties would be in danger if she contemplated leaving him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“focus [was] on whether Petitioner made a sufficient showing to the trial court that her mental condition at the time of the crimes would be a significant factor at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.