¶1C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 726 F. 2d 548.
469 U.S. 839
Patterson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 1, 1984
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1984-10-01
Relies on United States v. Van Brandy
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1984-10-01
How this case has been cited
Cited by 371 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2022 · most notably Harris v. Reed (1989), Davidson v. Cannon (1986)
177 federal appellate · 23 district · 95 state decisions — followed in 18 states
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