Ware v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““ * * * * the appellant himself took the stand in his own behalf and denied making the sales in question. He is in no position now to claim that he was entrapped into making the sales which he denies making.””

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

2. ““As to the belated claim of entrapment, no mention thereof was made at the time of trial and we may not consider -it here. Cofer v. United States, 8 Cir., 1958, 256 F.2d 221 , 223: “ ‘The function of this Court is to review only rulings made by a trial court on questions brought to its attention and passed upon by it. Ayers v. United States, 8 Cir., 58 F.2d 607 , 608.’ ””

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

3. ““Further, the mere fact that the sample was lost or destroyed, after analysis, does not prevent proof of such analysis, evidence having been offered to identify the sample analyzed, with the articles seized, and the loss or destruction of the sample goes solely to the weight of the evidence, which is for the Jury to pass upon.””

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