United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
484 F.2d 176 · 1973
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2025 · most notably Williams v. United States (1973), United States v. Hoac (1993)
32 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
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Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3501
Relies on Jackson v. Denno · Lego v. Twomey · Cwach v. United States · United States v. Haynes · Casias v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“At the most the challenge must rest entirely on a per se theory of implied bias. This Court rejected a like argument in Johnson v. United States, 484 F. 2d 309 (8th Cir. 1973), and prior federal cases are to the same effect. * * * As this Court stated in Johnson, supra, we do not endorse the procedure followed here as being preferred or the most desirable. Still we cannot say that its use is reversible error in the absence of some showing of actual prejudice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Brown · Holland v. State“In any criminal prosecution brought by the United States or by the District of Columbia, a confession, as defined in subsection (e) hereof, shall be admissible in evidence if it is voluntarily given. Befóte such confession is received in evidence, the trial judge shall, out of the presence of the jury, determine any issue as to voluntariness. If the trial judge determines that the confession was voluntarily made it shall be admitted in evidence and the trial judge shall permit the jury to hear relevant evidence on the issue of voluntariness and shall instruct the jury to give such weight to the confession as the jury feels it deserves under all the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[ 18 U.S.C. § 3501 (a)] does not specify any particular wording for an instruction on the weight to be accorded a confession; here the District Court instructed the jury on its responsibility to judge the credibility of the witnesses and weigh their testimony. We are not prepared to say that this instruction was inadequate for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 3501 (a)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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