United States v. Onori’s Empirical Analysis
535 F.2d 938 · 1976
Citation profile
184 federal appellate · 1 district · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 254 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably United States v. Elliott (1978), 697 So. 2d 777 - Coleman v. State (1997)
184 federal appellate · 1 district · 34 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 46
Relies on Pointer v. Texas · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Alford v. United States · Barrett v. United States · Gotthelf v. Commissioner
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 254 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'especially important with respect to accomplices or other witnesses who may have substantial reason to cooperate with the government.'”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It has been said that it is within the discretion of the trial court to allow a transcript to be used by the jury to assist the jury as it listens to the tape.... We believe that the use of a transcript as a guide is analogous to the use of expert testimony as a device aiding the jury in understanding other types of real evidence.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“so long as each side ... is given an opportunity to submit a transcript containing its version of a conversation”
5 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.