Farrow v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
580 F.2d 1339 · 1978
Citation profile
200 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 264 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Bonin v. Calderon (1995), United States v. Kenny (1981)
200 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 state decisions — followed in 11 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. § 3150 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 4201 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Johnson v. Zerbst · Gideon v. Wainwright · North Carolina v. Pearce · Wainwright v. Sykes
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 264 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A defendant challenging information used in sentencing must show such information is (1) false or unreliable, and (2) demonstrably made the basis for the sentence.”
36 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[u]nless the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief, the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon the United States attorney, grant a prompt hearing thereon, determine the issues and make findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect thereto.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e must trust that our judges will rise above [impermissible] influences--just as we are confident they do in the cases of racial or personal bias, or public or private pressure.”
3 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.