United States v. Dow’s Empirical Analysis
457 F.2d 246 · 1972
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently April 2002 · most notably United States v. Sampol (1980), United States v. Rubio (1983)
47 federal appellate · 8 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. § 1111
Relies on United States v. Tomaiolo · Homer Lee Tucker, John David Woodall, and Jerre D. Weir v. United States of America, Homer Lee Tucker and John David Woodall v. United States of America, Homer Lee Tucker v. United States · United States v. Rudolph · United States v. Escobedo
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“had previously been convicted of a felony, to what the felony was and to when the conviction was obtained.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the defendant ... may be cross-examined as to his prior convictions to affect his credibility as a witness ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Have you ever been convicted of a felony?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.