Featherston v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 4244 · 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Green v. United States · Wade v. Hunter · Downum v. United States · United States v. Josef Perez
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * periods of from 48 to 72 hours in which [Featherston] would transact business and behave normally, but during which he would not be fully aware of what he was doing or where he was, and about which he would remember nothing afterward. These periods would come and go with no outward warning, and can not be detected by even a physician, without chemical tests, unless in its most chronic stages when the subject is near a coma or semi-conscious. This condition may or may not have existed on each day of the trial.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * [T]he court shall cause the accused, whether or not previously admitted to bail, 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 for such reasonable period as the court may determine to a suitable hospital or, other facility to be designated by the court. * * * ””
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.