United States v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis
462 F.2d 290 · 1972
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 1979
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mills v. Alabama · United States v. Wiley · Yates v. United States · United States v. Waters · Wilson v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]e question authorities like Wallace v. State, 82 Tex.Cr.R. 658 , 200 S.W. 836 (1918), that an “unlawful carrying of the pistol” was not established when a friend handed defendant a pistol, as they crossed the railroad track, to hold while he went into a nearby social gathering. Whatever the conditions in rural Texas fifty years ago, in today’s society the offense of carrying a dangerous weapon “is a serious matter in a troubled metropolitan area.” Epperson v. United States, 125 U.S.App.D.C. 303 , 305, 371 F.2d 956, 958 (1967).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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