Alexander v. Armontrout’s Empirical Analysis
985 F.2d 976 · 1993
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Darden v. Wainwright · Harper v. Grammer
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he relevant inquiry is whether the prosecutor's question `so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hall v. Luebbers · Phea v. Benson
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.