Medrano v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
285 F.2d 23 · 1960
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 144
Relies on Pinkerton v. United States · Wong Tai v. United States · Gebardi v. United States · United States v. Katz · Himmelfarb 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Such evidence was introduced for the purpose of showing intent, design, knowledge or lack of innocent purpose. Evidence that a similar and related offense was committed tended to show a pattern of conduct that was relevant to the issue of intent. * * * ” (pp. 25-26)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The sufficiency of an indictment is to be determined on the basis of practical rather than technical considerations, and it is not the law that to charge conspiracy to commit an offense, all the elements be alleged. * * *” 5”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * determining the state of mind or intent with which the accused did the act charged.””
2 later decisions 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.