United States v. Sexton’s Empirical Analysis
473 F.2d 512 · 1973
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently May 2014 · most notably United States v. Uptain (1976), United States v. Burton (1978)
35 federal appellate · 14 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 26 U.S.C. § 5205 · 26 U.S.C. § 5604
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · California Department of Human Resources Development v. Java · United States v. Sexton · United States v. Terry
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.
““Sexton’s freedom of choice of counsel may not be manipulated to subvert the orderly procedure of the Courts or to interfere with the fair administration of justice.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““On June 15, 1972, Sexton’s attorney petitioned the court to be discharged as court-appointed counsel in the case. On the same day Sexton filed a general motion for continuance on the ground that his newly retained counsel was to be engaged in another trial on the day prior to the date set for trial and thus would not have adequate time to prepare a defense. The Court issued an order denying the petition to discharge counsel as well as the defendant’s motion for continuance . . . Trial of the ease was commenced on June 20, 1972 and a jury verdict of guilty was returned on the following day. This appeal timely followed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(j)udges must be vigilant that requests for appointment for a new attorney on the eve of trial should not become a vehicle for achieving delay.”
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.