United States v. Pacelli’s Empirical Analysis
470 F.2d 67 · 1972
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1996 · most notably Texas v. Brown (1983), United States v. Mallah (1974)
47 federal appellate · 2 district · 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 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · California v. Green · Sedillo v. United States · Marron v. United States
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“2. In response to Lepore’s question about the source of the heroin, Possas said it came from “Vinnie the Italian.” She did not know his last name but said that she had been invited to his wedding and could get his name from the wedding invitation. Possas explained that Vinnie and her boyfriend Papadakos were partners in a heroin distributing ring which supplied customers from Chicago and Detroit. Upon Lepore’s request that she call Vinnie, Possas dialed a number registered to Beverly Jalaba, Vinnie’s fiancee. She said, “Hello, Vinnie; this is Lisa. My man will take the half,” and “Okay, I will see you later.” Le-pore called Possas at home later that day to get Vinnie’s last name. Possas checked the invitation and told Lepore that it was Pacelli.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The government filed its notice of readiness on November 12, nine days before the six-month period allowed under the Second Circuit’s Rules Regarding Prompt Disposition of Criminal Cases expired, requesting ten days notice of the trial date. The court correctly held that the speedy trial rules were not violated, since the government had timely declared its readiness and the ten-day notice requested by the government was not binding on the court. The court could have called the parties to trial without the ten-day notice. United States v. Pacelli, 470 F.2d 67, 69 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““[t]he arresting officer warned Pacelli that he had a right to remain silent, that he did not have to make any statements to the officer, that he had a right to an attorney and that if he couldn’t afford one the court would appoint an attorney for him. The instructions fully informed appellant of his rights.” 470 F.2d at 72 .”
1 later decision 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.