United States v. May’s Empirical Analysis
430 F.2d 715 · 1970
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2314
Relies on Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · Andrews v. United States · Martin v. Davis · United States v. Conti · United States v. Comer
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In testing the sufficiency of the evidence to withstand a motion for judgment of acquittal, the trial judge does not pass on the credibility of the witnesses or the weight of the evidence. On the contrary, he must view the evidence and the inferences that may justifiably be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the Government. If, under such a view of the evidence he concludes that a reasonable mind might fairly conclude guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, the motion should be overruled and the issue left to the jury. It is only where under such a view of the evidence, he concludes there must be doubt in a reasonable mind, should the motion be granted [citations omitted].”
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.