United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
33 F.3d 1002 · 1994
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably United States v. Delpit (1996), United States v. Logan (1995)
24 federal appellate · 4 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. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Mathews v. United States · Nebraska v. Wyoming · G-K Development Co. v. Broadmoor Place Investments · Francis 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'The very definition of the crime [accessory after the fact] also requires that the felony not be in progress when the assistance is rendered because then [the person] who renders assistance would aid in the commission of the offense and be guilty as a principal.' ” Id. at 1004 (quoting United States v. Barlow, 470 F.2d 1245 , 1252-53 (D.C.Cir.1972)); see United States v. Innie, 7 F.3d 840 , 852 (9th Cir.1993) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In this case, the judge was aware of the inconsistencies in the victim's testimony but improperly relied on the weight of the evidence and also rejected portions of the testimony because the defendant testified that he was innocent. 9 34 While a district court has wide discretion in formulating jury instructions, a defendant is entitled to a jury instruction”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he gist of being an accessory after the fact lies essentially in obstructing justice by rendering assistance to hinder or prevent the arrest of the offender after he [or she] has committed the crime”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Silva v. Garland
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.