United States v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
40 F.3d 1069 · 1994
Citation profile
65 federal appellate · 15 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 120 later decisions — most recently April 2021 · most notably United States v. Nichols (1999), United States v. Miller (1996)
65 federal appellate · 15 district · 7 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Batson v. Kentucky · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Rhode Island v. Innis
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 120 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]tatistical probabilities are basic to DNA analysis and their use has been widely researched and discussed.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether the reasoning or methodology underlying the testimony is scientifically valid and ... whether that reasoning or methodology properly can be applied to the facts in issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We review a trial court's admission of evidence, including scientific evidence, under an abuse of discretion standard.”
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.