Caputo v. Henderson’s Empirical Analysis
541 F.2d 979 · 1976
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently April 2020 · most notably Palermo v. Warden, Green Haven State Prison (1976), Hunter v. Fogg (1980)
21 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Boykin v. Alabama · McCarthy v. United States · Henderson v. Morgan · United States v. Yellow Cab Co.
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'whether the defendant was aware of actual sentencing possibilities, and, if not, whether accurate information would have made any difference in his decision to enter a plea.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hunter v. Fogg · Hunter v. Fogg“relate to such intangibles as motivation and intent (and) depend especially upon the credibility assessments made by those who see and hear the witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Smith
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.