United States v. Acevedo’s Empirical Analysis
141 F.3d 1421 · 1998
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably State v. Gross (2002), United States v. Merrill (2008)
17 federal appellate · 7 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 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Olano · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Francis v. Franklin · Williams v. Florida · Stein v. Reynolds Securities, Inc.
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“implied that once the alternate participates in any way--whether through words or gestures--prejudice is manifest.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Teitelbaum · Hoos v. State“Rule 606(b) prevents any inquiry of the twelve regular jurors regarding 'any matter or statement' made by a juror as well as the jurors' 'mental processes.' With these constraints, it is impossible for any court to determine the extent of the alternates' influence on the regular jurors once a final verdict has been rendered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during the course of the jury's deliberations or to the effect of anything upon his or any other juror's mind or emotions as influencing him to assent to or dissent from the verdict or indictment or concerning his mental processes in connection therewith.”
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.