United States v. Alarcon’s Empirical Analysis
261 F.3d 416 · 2001
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Olano · Pinkerton v. United States · United States v. Doggett · United States of America v. Rosalinda Miranda Abel Espinoza Rigoberto Rodriguez Oscar Rodriguez Hector Espinoza · United States v. Garcia
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`determine whether . . . a rational jury could have found the essential elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.' We are concerned only with `whether the jury made a rational decision, not with whether its verdict was correct on the issue of guilt or innocence.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] district court has broad discretion in framing instructions to the jury, and this Court will not reverse unless the instructions taken as a whole do not correctly reflect the issues and the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`we determine whether ... a rational jury could have found the essential elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.' United States v. Dean, 59 F.3d 1479 , 1484 (5th Cir.1995).”
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.