Carter v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
549 F.2d 77 · 1977
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Commonwealth v. Lark (1988), United States v. Vincent (1982)
33 federal appellate · 14 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 Bullock v. United States · Babich v. United States · United States v. Calvert · United States v. Howard · United States v. Cochran
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“complete the story of the crime on trial by proving its immediate context.”
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.