Greenberg v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

105 federal appellate · 1 district · 16 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 127 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The United States attorney commenced his final argument by informing the jury that he was ‘a sort of thirteenth juror [who] applies his training in the evaluation of evidence, in analyzing evidence, and tries to convey to the jury just what part the evidence plays in the presentation of a case’ (a description we find quite inappropriate, since counsel, unlike a juror, is not required to be impartial). Near the end of his argument the United States attorney sought to put this self-appointment to use. In vigorous language he expressed his personal opinion of the trustworthiness of the government’s evidence and the consequent guilt of the accused. Upon objection interposed, the court ruled in the presence of the jury that the prosecutor had a right to argue ‘his belief in the evidence.’ Counsel continued, and the court overruled a second objection, but expressed a caution. The argument was then repeated.””

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ferina v. United States · Harris v. United States