United States v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis
524 F.2d 421 · 1975
Citation profile
110 federal appellate · 9 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 159 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably United States v. Tarantino (1988), United States v. Bagnariol (1981)
110 federal appellate · 9 district · 21 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. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 5010 · 28 U.S.C. § 292
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Wade · Simmons v. United States · Goldberg v. Kelly
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 159 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[The court] should weigh the degree of negligence or bad faith involved, the importance of the evidence lost, and the evidence of guilt adduced at trial in order to come to a determination that will serve the ends of justice.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) In any criminal prosecution brought by the United States, no statement or report in the possession of the United States which was made by a Government witness or prospective Government witness (other than the defendant) shall be the subject of subpoena, discovery, or inspection until said witness has testified on direct examination in the trial of the case. (b) After a witness called by the United States has testified on direct examination, the court shall, on motion of the defendant, order the United States to produce any statement (as hereinafter defined) of the witness in the possession of the United States which relates to the subject matter as to which the witness has testified .... (e) The term “statement”, as used in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section in relation to any witness called by the United States, means— (1) a written statement made by said witness and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by him; or (2) a stenographic, mechanical, electrical, or other recording, or a transcription thereof, which is a substantially verbatim recital of an oral statement made by said witness to an agent of the Government and recorded contemporaneously with the making of such oral statement ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“as used in subsection[ ] (b) ... of this section in relation to any witness called by the United States, means-- 34 (1) a written statement made by said witness and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by him.... 35 Id. §§ 3500(b), 3500(e). The Act”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.