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21 F.3d 309 · 1994

Citation profile

42
cited by 42 later decisions
July 2008
most recently cited

34 federal appellate ·

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Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)

Relies on Yagow v. United States · Kuntz v. City of Dayton · Kahn v. Grant · Maryland v. Craig · Maryland v. Craig

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

  1. “'plainly among the least culpable of those involved in the conduct of a group.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “that Smith was not involved, but he guessed the court did not believe him and he did not understand why. 23 A district court abuses its discretion by refusing to grant a motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence only if it is clear that the evidence is in fact newly discovered and that due diligence was exercised in discovering it; and that the evidence is relevant to a material issue, not cumulative or impeaching, and”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “(1) the existence of new evidence, (2) due diligence, (3) the relevance of the evidence to a material issue, (4) the probability that evidence would lead to an acquittal on retrial, and (5) that the evidence 'is not merely cumulative or impeaching.'”
    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.