United States v. Roch’s Empirical Analysis
5 F.3d 894 · 1993
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably United States of America v. Antonio Ibarra-Sanchez (1999), United States v. Castro (1999)
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Illinois v. Gates · Adams v. Williams · United States v. Sokolow · Alabama v. White
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally, on a motion to suppress, the defendant has the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the evidence in question was obtained in violation of her constitutional rights. See United States v. Roch, 5 F.3d 894, 897 (5th Cir.1993); United States v. de la Fuente, 548 F.2d 528, 533 (5th Cir.1977), ce rt. denied, 431 U.S. 932 , 97 S.Ct. 2640 , 53 L.Ed.2d 249 (1977). There are situations, however, where the burden shifts to the government. See id.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the information received from the informant in this case may have been derived .from direct contact with [the defendant], - the absence of significant details and a prediction of future behavior prevents us from holding that such information provided a sufficient basis for a reasonable suspicion finding.”). 3 . Our precedent is inconsistent regarding the impact of allegedly”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In fact, the surveillance failed to provide reasonable suspicion of any crime. The agents did not see Roch commit a criminal offense, engage in any questionable behavior, or break any traffic laws. The only activity the agents observed was a man and woman leaving the motel parking lot in a white and orange pickup truck and driving to a filling station.”
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.