United States v. Spadafora’s Empirical Analysis
200 F.2d 140 · 1952
Citation profile
55 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently November 2005 · most notably Madison v. State (2001), Francis J. Curran, Francis J. Maguire and Ira F. Jones, Jr. v. State of Delaware (1958)
55 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Mooney v. Holohan · Hysler v. State of Florida · United States v. Sturm · Schenectady Union Publishing Co. v. Sweeney
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The above-styled action, coming on to be heard, was submitted upon petitioner’s motion to vacate the sentence imposed by this court in the above case on the 5th day of April, 1955, accompanied by a petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. “As required by provisions of Title 28 U.S.O. § 2255, the Court has proceeded to examine with care the motion and the files and records of the above styled case. Since the Court is of the opinion that such motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the petitioning prisoner is entitled to no relief, the court is constrained to deny such motion without causing notice thereof to be served upon the United States Attorney and without granting any hearing thereon. However, the petition to proceed in forma pauperis should be granted and the motion should be admitted to the files of the court. “It is, accordingly, ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that petitioner’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis be and the same is hereby granted, and the Clerk is directed to file such motion. “It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the motion to vacate such sentence be and the same is hereby overruled and denied. The Clerk will causo a certified copy of this order to be transmitted to petitioner. “Done, this the 3rd day of August, 1955. “/s/ II. H. Grooms, Judge””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . Trivial conflicts in testimony ... do not constitute perjury. Any conflicting statements of witnesses upon the trial are for the jury to resolve. Those experienced in the trial of eases realize that it is a common occurrence to have some conflicts in the testimony of witnesses, and that any conflict in itself is not a signpost of perjury.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““In order to obtain a hearing under Sec. 2255, a petitioner must make a more substantial showing than merely charging perjury and making the unsupported claim that perjured testimony was knowingly used by the prosecuting authorities. Nor does he meet the burden upon him by pointing out trivial inconsistencies or conflicts in the evidence.””
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.