United States v. Munn’s Empirical Analysis
507 F.2d 563 · 1974
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently April 2020
11 federal appellate · 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 28 U.S.C. § 2111
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Illinois v. Allen · Prince v. United States · McGee v. United States · United States v. Roeder
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.
“[i]n connection with his removal from the courtroom, it should be noted that even though removed from the courtroom, Munn was able to hear the progress of his trial through a broadcasting system.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Allen is not] an absolute mandate dictating the return of every defendant who has been removed from the courtroom simply on his verbal promise to reform. Prior conduct may indicate such a promise is of little value. Certainly some discretion is still left with a trial court to pass upon the sincerity of a defendant's recantation.[ 52 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Douglas v. State“Munn was only out of the courtroom something over an hour before he was returned on his promise of good behavior.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Douglas v. State
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.