United States v. Downs-Moses’s Empirical Analysis
329 F.3d 253 · 2003
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 26 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2024 · most notably United States v. Tavares (2013), United States v. Cianci (2004)
31 federal appellate · 26 district · 1 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 960 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 753 · 46 U.S.C. § 70505
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Apprendi v. New Jersey · United States v. Olano · Arizona v. Fulminante
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must demonstrate that the error `seriously impaired the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) an error, (2) that is plain, and (3) that affects substantial rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant may make a valid waiver of his rights under Miranda if he does so voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently. The district court must begin with the presumption that the defendant did not waive his rights. The government bears the burden of proving a valid waiver by a preponderance of the evidence.”
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.