Keys v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
346 F.2d 824 · 1965
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. United States · Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Harrington · Durham v. United States · McDonald v. United States · Lyles 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The presumption of sanity, whatever may be its evidentiary value and weight, does not vanish from the case, as [defendant] would have it. That presumption is grounded on the premise that the generality of mankind is made up of persons within the range of `normal,' rational beings and can be said to be accountable or responsible for their conduct; this premise is rooted in centuries of experience, has not been undermined by contemporary medical knowledge, and justifies the continuance of the presumption after introduction of evidence of insanity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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