United States v. Geronimo’s Empirical Analysis
330 F.3d 67 · 2003
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently January 2022
13 federal appellate ·
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 21 U.S.C. § 951 (Controlled Substances Import and Export Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 960
Relies on United States v. Olano · United States v. Zannino · Isaksen v. Vermont Castings, Inc. · Nobile v. Schindler · United States v. Petrozziello
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“more likely than not that the declarant and the defendant were members of a conspiracy when the hearsay statement was made, and that the statement was in furtherance of the conspiracy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]o convict a principal actor of importing a controlled substance, the prosecution must prove that the accused knew the drugs were imported.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Significantly, the trial court is not required to decide the Petrozziello question prior to admitting [purported coconspirator] statements under Rule 801(d)(2)(E), but may 'admit the statements provisionally, subject to its final Petrozziello determination at the close of all 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.