United States v. Payton’s Empirical Analysis
159 F.3d 49 · 1998
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 133 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably United States v. Dhinsa (2001), United States v. Autuori (2000)
53 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3585 · 18 U.S.C. § 3624 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 4001 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Koon v. United States · Williams v. United States · United States v. Wilson
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 133 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence underlying his conviction, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, drawing all possible inferences in favor of the prosecution.... The ultimate question is not whether we believe the evidence adduced at trial established defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but whether any rational trier of fact could so find.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Constructive possession exists when a person has the power and intention to exercise dominion and control over an object.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A district court's decision to depart from the guidelines . . . will in most cases be due substantial deference, for it embodies the traditional exercise of discretion by a sentencing court.”
2 later decisions 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.