United States v. Stefano’s Empirical Analysis
476 F.2d 324 · 1973
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably United States v. Harris (1977), United States v. Silvern (1973)
34 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 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. § 1503
Relies on Bruton v. United States · Pointer v. Texas · Roviaro v. United States · Washington v. Texas · Allen 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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t is not necessary to prove that a witness was actually intimidated by the threats, but only that the threats had a reasonable tendency to intimidate. United States v. Carzoli, 447 F.2d 774 (7th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 404 U.S. 1015 , 92 S.Ct. 673 , 30 L.Ed.2d 662 (1972). See also Knight v. United States, 310 F.2d 305, 307 (5th Cir. 1962). (footnote omitted).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In accord with this contemporary view of pleading, decisions dealing with 18 U.S.C. 1503 [which is comparable to D.C.Code 1973, § 22-703] have held that an indictment worded merely in the language of that statute is sufficient, [citations omitted] even though the indictment contains no express allegations that the defendant knew that the person he threatened was a potential witness in a pending criminal proceeding. . [ 476 F.2d at 328 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The Supreme Court has clearly stated that the ‘old common law rules of criminal pleading’ have yielded to the modern practice of disregarding formal defects in indictments. Hagner v. United States, 285 U.S. 427, 431 , 52 S.Ct. 417 , 76 L.Ed. 861 (1932).[United States v. De Stefano, 476 F.2d 324, 328 (7th Cir. 1973).]”
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.