Jeffries v. Blodgett’s Empirical Analysis
974 F.2d 1179 · 1992
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Townsend v. Sain · Griffin v. California · Estelle v. McGuire
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“make an independent review of the record to determine whether there was such a degree of prejudice against the petitioner that a fair trial was impossible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. McCormick“community where the trial was held was saturated with prejudicial and inflammatory media publicity about the crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. McCormick“volume, content, and timing to determine if they were prejudicial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. McCormick
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.