United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
49 F.3d 475 · 1995
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently July 2022
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Sloan v. Hicks · Liegl v. Webb · Dennis v. United States · Carroll v. Alberts · United States v. Sykes
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[0]ther crimes evidence is admissible if it is: “ ‘(1) relevant to a material issue; (2) of crimes similar in kind and reasonably close in time to the crime charged; (3) sufficient to support a jury finding that the defendant committed the other crimes; and (4) more probative than prejudicial.’ ” United States v. Sykes, 977 F.2d 1242 , 1246 (8th Cir.1992) (quoting United States v. Yerks, 918 F.2d 1371 , 1373 (8th Cir. 1990)). Other crimes evidence, however, is not admissible if it tends to prove only the defendant’s criminal disposition. Sykes, 977 F.2d at 1246 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident....”
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.