Winn v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
270 F.2d 326 · 1959
Citation profile
117 federal appellate · 10 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 148 later decisions — most recently February 2001 · most notably United States v. Brawner (1972), 63 Cal. 2d 400 - In Re Spencer (1965)
117 federal appellate · 10 district · 11 state decisions
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.
Relationships
Relies on Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Harrington · Lyles v. United States · Carter v. United States · Lake Central Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board · Douglas v. United States
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 148 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There is a vast difference between that mental state which permits an accused to be tried and that which permits him to be held responsible for a crime.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Whenever after arrest and prior to the imposition of sentence or prior to the expiration of any period of probation the United States Attorney has reasonable cause to believe that a person charged with an offense * * * may [1] be presently insane or otherwise so mentally incompetent as to be unable to understand the proceedings against him or properly to assist in his own defense, he shall file a motion for a judicial determination of such mental competency * * *. Upon such a motion * * *, or upon its own motion, the court shall cause the accused, * * * to be examined as to his mental condition by at least one qualified psychiatrist, who shall report to the court. For the purpose of the examination the court may order the accused committed * * * to a suitable hospital or other facility to be designated by the court. [2] If the report of the psychiátrist indicates a state of present insanity or such mental incompetency in the accused, the court shall hold a hearing * * * at which evidence * * * may be submitted, including that of the reporting psychiatrist, and making a finding with respect thereto. * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Although ‘[I]t is not to be assumed * * * that a psychiatrist who has been ordered to prepare an opinion as to a man’s trial competency will conduct the type of examination which is necessary to provide the trier of the facts with the information essential for a proper determination of criminal responsibility,’ Winn v. United States [ 106 U.S.App.D.C. 133 ], 270 F.2d 326, 328 (1959), a record may show that this was in fact done, and we think that was the case here.” 346 F.2d at 780 .”
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.