United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
104 F.3d 145 · 1997
Citation profile
40 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably United States v. Beckman (2000), United States v. Vig (1999)
40 federal appellate ·
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 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Johnson · United States v. White · United States v. White · United States v. Cunningham · United States v. Martinez
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our standard of review on this issue is quite narrow. We review the denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal based upon sufficiency of the evidence by viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. We give the government the benefit of all the reasonable inferences that could logically be drawn from the evidence. We must uphold the verdict if the evidence so viewed is such that there is an interpretation of the evidence that would allow a reasonable-minded jury to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A person who knowingly has direct physical control over a thing, at a given time, is then in actual possession of it. A person who, although not in actual possession, has both the power and the intention at a given time to exercise dominion or control over a thing, either directly or through another person or persons, is then in constructive possession of it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“must take great care 'to insure that any supplemental instructions are accurate, clear, neutral, and non-prejudicial.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.