King v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
372 F.2d 383 · 1966
Citation profile
98 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 124 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2016 · most notably Burks v. United States (1978), Gaither v. United States (1969)
98 federal appellate · 24 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
Relies on Berger v. United States · Lynch v. Overholser · Durham v. United States · Federal Power Commission v. Southern California Edison Co. · McDonald 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 124 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[I]n view of the complicated nature of the decision to be made — intertwining moral, legal, and medical judgments — it will require an unusually strong showing to induce us to reverse a conviction because the judge left the critical issue of criminal responsibility with the jury.” King v. United States, 125 U.S.App.D.C. 318 , 372 F.2d 383 , 389 (1966); Gaskins v. United States, 133 U.S.App.D.C. 288 , 410 F.2d 987 , 991 (1967).”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[N]either the court nor the jury is bound by ad hoc definitions or conclusions as to what experts state is a disease or defect. What psychiatrists may consider a “mental disease or defect” for clinical purposes, where their concern is treatment, may or may not be the same as mental disease or defect for the jury’s purpose of determining criminal responsibility. 21”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Many criminologists point out that even normal human behavior is influenced by such factors as training, environment, poverty and the like, which may limit the understanding and options of the individual.”
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.