Gridley v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions

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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “•“.The fact that during the progress of the trial I have overruled certain objections or motions made by counsel for the defendant is not to be considered by you in any respect in your deliberations in determining the guilt or innocence of the defendants or any of them. Nor should the rulings which I have made be taken by you as an indication that the court has or intended to indicate any opinion thereby respecting the guilt or innocence of these defendants * * * a counsel should not be penalized by the jury for making objections, no matter how many he may make nor how frivolous you might think they are. You as members of the jury, have a function - which is separate and distinct.' Your duties make you the sole and exclusive judges of the facts and you are also judges of the credibility of the witnesses and of the testimony given by them. * * * Now, the Court is permitted, in a criminal case in a Federal court, to say to this jury what he believes as to any testimony that may have been given. So far I have never done that. At least, I can’t remember a case where I ever told the jury what my opinion may be. I don’t intend to do it in this case. If, during the course of this trial you may have felt that I have spoken sharply to one witness or another, or to one counsel or another, and that it seemingly has all the balance on one side or the other, don’t draw any conclusions from that. Nor if you think that you have seen some facial expression on the part of this Court or some r”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Garber v. United States

2. ““The evidence heard was the testimony of one of the two women jurors Concerned and that of the appellant Roen. As to what took place there was not much difference in their testimony. According to the testimony of the woman juror, what took place was this: She and her co-juror, on the second day of the trial, at the noon recess, went to a certain hotel in Detroit about four blocks from the government building for lunch. Before going to .lunch they went into the washroom and as they were about ready to leave the appellants came in. She heard a voice behind hen when she saw came from appellant Wright saying, ‘Perhaps I ought to say I am Mrs. Wright so that you won’t be talking about the case.’ She saw them come in, and this statement was made as quick as they entered. She did not make answer, but her -co-juror said, ‘Well, I guess we know who Mrs. Wright is.’ Appellant Roen then spoke up and said: T do no-t know that it would be proper, but I would like to introduce you to Mrs. Wright. She has been a very dear friend to me and just like a mother.’ Appellant Wright then spoke up and said, ‘Well, anyway, whether we are introduced or not, we want you to know that we have a very intelligent jury.’ This was all that was said. She testified that before appellant Wright started that conversation she and her co-juror were not talking about the case. “In so far as there was misbehavior on the part of the appellant Roen, it was in telling the jurors how dear appellant Wright was to her. A”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hawkins v. United States