Holmgren v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
217 U.S. 509 · 1910
Citation profile
372 federal appellate · 10 district · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 462 later decisions (33 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2024 · most notably Bruton v. United States (1968), Caminetti v. United States (1917)
372 federal appellate · 10 district · 33 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedHolmgren v. United States (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Reynolds v. States · Mattox v. United States · United States v. Wiltberger · Armour Packing Company v. United States · Martin Fairfax v. Hunter's
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 462 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . the better practice for courts to caution juries against too much reliance upon the testimony of accomplices, and to require corroborating testimony before giving credence to such evidence. While this is so, there is no absolute rule of law preventing convictions on the testimony of accomplices if juries believe them.””
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““This objection does not appear to have been specifically pointed out in the demurrer, or otherwise taken advantage of upon the trial. In this proceedingit is too late to urge such objections to a matter of form, unless it is apparent that it affected the substantial rights of the accused.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““But, it is urged, that notwithstanding the objection was first taken in this case upon the motion for a new trial, this court may notice a plain error not properly reserved in the record. Undoubtedly the court has this authority and does sometimes exercise it.””
3 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.