United States v. Cabebe’s Empirical Analysis

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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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “instruction presented the distinct possibility that, if the members concluded appellant had lied to them, they might “mete out additional punishment for the false testimony itself” — without any caution that appellant's lies, if deemed willful and material, could only be used in determining whether appellant was capable of being rehabilitated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Beaty

2. “It may be that you have concluded in your deliberations that the accused’s testimony was in some respect, was untrue .... If you’re satisfied, convinced in your own mind that the accused has lied to you in his testimony, you may also consider that as a matter in determining your sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Beaty