Blunt v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

131 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 state decisions

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

1. “in a criminal case in which a sentence of imprisonment is involved, there is a public interest against denial of consideration on appeal of substantial questions as to the lawfulness of the conviction. For if the conviction is erroneous it is abhorrent to justice that a defendant shall nevertheless suffer such a penalty for the crime charged.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Belton v. United States · United States v. Hashagen

2. ““The record in this case confirms the well-known practice of psychiatrists of relying upon psychologists’ reports in aid of diagnosis. And it shows that Dr. Schaengold’s changed diagnosis did not rest solely on the later test reports which were not in evidence when he testified, but also upon his own earlier examination. This diagnosis was ‘the type of clinical opinion he is accustomed to form and to rely upon in the practice of his profession.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Chambers

3. “As an expert witness, the psychiatrist is permitted to testify to his inferences from facts. His opinions are exactly what is sought. And these opinions may be based on facts he has himself observed, or facts he has heard others relate, or hypothetical facts presented to him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Robinson