United States v. Klein’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

55 federal appellate · 10 state decisions

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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if a jury can comprehend that a prior conviction on appeal may be reversed, it can also comprehend that a jury verdict of guilt may be set aside upon a motion for a judgment of acquittal . . . [or] a motion for a new trial.... Thus, we can perceive no logical distinction, for purposes of impeachment, between a conviction on appeal and a jury verdict of guilty where judgment and sentence have not yet been entered, so long as the defendant has the opportunity to explain to the jury the legal status of the “conviction.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barber v. State · Kelly v. State

2. “'a person can be convicted of conspiring with persons whose names are unknown as long as the indictment asserts that such other persons exist and the evidence supports their existence [and complicity].'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Henoud M G Jd Vj G · United States v. Henoud

3. “a conspiracy may be proved even though the link connecting many of the activities of the conspirators is a Government informer.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 488 So. 2d 1238 - State v. Kihnel · United States v. Martino