United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
294 F.3d 473 · 2002
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions — most recently September 2023 · most notably United States v. Brodie (2005), United States v. Silveus (2008)
21 federal appellate · 12 district ·
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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Glasser v. United States · Holland v. United States · Lutwak v. United States · Grunewald 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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`be confined to cases where the prosecution's failure is clear.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] trial court’s ruling on the sufficiency of the evidence is governed by strict principles of deference to a jury’s findings. In deciding whether to grant the motions for acquittal, the trial court [is] required to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution and to draw all reasonable inferences therefrom in the government’s favor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he existence of a conspiracy `can be inferred from evidence of related facts and circumstances from which it appears as a reasonable and logical inference, that the activities of the participants ... could not have been carried on except as the result of a preconceived scheme or common understanding.'”
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.