United States v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
419 F.2d 83 · 1969
Citation profile
63 federal appellate · 2 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably United States v. Haldeman (1976), United States v. Ravich (1970)
63 federal appellate · 2 district · 17 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. § 1201 (International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993) · 18 U.S.C. § 2314 · 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 659 · 28 U.S.C. § 1732
Relies on United States v. Wade · Kotteakos v. United States · Simmons v. United States · Chimel v. California · Berger 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Appellant] also contends that, since his crime was essentially robbery, the kidnaping count merged with the other offenses and therefore cannot support a separate conviction. This argument has no support in any federal court decision nor in the language of the Federal Kidnaping Act, 18 U.S.C. 1201.[ [12] ]”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n a conspiracy case the court must make a preliminary determination whether, if the testimony of the government witnesses is accepted as true, each defendant’s own acts and statements show a connection with the conspiracy sufficient to justify the admission of the acts and statements of co-conspirators against him. (Citing cases) * * *. Once the judge has made such a determination, * * * the jury may consider the acts and declarations of co-conspirators made in furtherance of the common scheme in determining whether the elements of the crime of conspiracy, including purposeful entry into the conspiracy, are present.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n response to inquiries by the judge in the absence of the jury, Warren testified that he had received threats to his life; on one occasion Warren had heard Masciola describe how he had killed a prospective prosecution witness in another case in a New Orleans hospital. After hearing this testimony, the district judge was ‘satisfied that this witness is honestly and reasonably apprehensive of danger to himself and to his family.’ ”). 23 . Although the Government acknowledges it”
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.