United States v. Sumlin’s Empirical Analysis
489 F.3d 683 · 2007
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently April 2023 · most notably United States v. Green (2010), United States v. Gulley (2008)
21 federal appellate · 4 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. § 841 (Amendments of 1973 to Federal Law) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Schneble v. Florida · United States v. Beechum · United States v. Vizcarra-Martinez · United States v. Hernandez-Guevara · United States v. Manning
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although extrinsic offense evidence is not admissible to prove the defendant’s bad character and action in conformity therewith, it may be introduced to show motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident. See [Rule] 404(b). Interpreting Rule 404(b), we have stated: What the rule calls for is essentially a two-step test. First, it must be determined that the extrinsic offense evidence is relevant to an issue other than the defendant’s character. Second, the evidence must possess probative value that is not substantially outweighed by its undue prejudice....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ny error, defect, irregularity, or variance that does not affect substantial rights must be disregarded.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“requires a determination that (1) 'the extrinsic offense evidence is relevant to an issue other than the defendant's character' and (2) the evidence 'possess[es] probative value that is not substantially outweighed by its undue prejudice ... and meet[s] the other requirements of [Federal Rule of Evidence] 403.'”
2 later decisions 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.