United States v. Landham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 federal appellate · 5 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

2. “On or about a [sic] February 7th, 1998, in Lewis County, in the Eastern District of Kentucky, WILLIAM M. LANDHAM defendant herein, did knowingly transmit in inter-state commerce a threat to kidnap another person, in that by interstate phone call he stated to Belita Landham words to the effect: “I’lm going to tell you something you.... You will not have Priscilla by her second birthday, because Pm going to have all your children.... You will not have Priscilla to raise ... I’m going to get her,”; all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 845 F. Supp. 2d 932 - United States v. Musgrove

3. “person” in § 876(c) referred only to natural people and the alleged communications were addressed to corporations. Because the majority reversed the convictions on this basis, it did not address the defendant's alternative argument. 9 . As an alternative basis for its holding, the court reasoned that “even if the statement were a veiled threat, it was not an intent to inflict bodily harm” because”

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