United States v. DeCicco’s Empirical Analysis
439 F.3d 36 · 2006
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably United States v. Dunbar (2009), United States v. Brandao (2008)
22 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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 United States v. Olano · Whitman Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency v. American Trucking Associations Inc · United States v. Miller · California v. Brown · Neal v. Clark
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A constructive amendment occurs when the charging terms of the indictment are altered, either literally or in effect, by [the] prosecution or court after the grand jury has last passed upon them.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A constructive amendment is considered prejudicial per se and grounds for reversal of a conviction.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must determine whether the evidence in guestion has any 'special relevance' exclusive of defendant's character or propensity.”
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.