Brown v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
331 F.2d 822 · 1964
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4244
Relies on Robinson v. State of California · Linder v. United States · Stevan v. Union Trust Co. of District of Columbia · Greenwell 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * ‘[Njarcotic addiction is an illness. * * * “Of course it is generally conceded that a narcotic addict, particularly one addicted to the use of heroin, is in a state of mental and physical illness.” ’ Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 , 667 and n. 8, 82 S.Ct. 1417 , 1420, 8 L.Ed. 2d 758 (1962). ‘They are diseased and proper subjects for such [medical] treatment * * Linder v. United States, 268 U.S. 5 , 18, 45 S.Ct. 446 , 449, 69 L.Ed. 819 (1925). The defense of insanity based on drug addiction generally presents a jury issue as to criminal responsibility. Horton v. United States, 115 U.S.App.D.C. 184 , 317 F.2d 595 (1963); Rivers v. United States, 117 U.S.App.D.C. 375 , 330 F.2d 841 1964). The trier of fact must decide whether the defendant had a mental disability and, if so, whether his act was the product thereof. Hightower v. United States, 117 U.S.App.D.C. 43 , 45-46, 325 F.2d 616 , 618-619 (1963).””
2 later decisions 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.