United States v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.2d 362 · 1978
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 1 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently September 2014 · most notably United States v. Robertson (1995), United States v. Sammons (1990)
31 federal appellate · 1 district · 17 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 United States v. Kidding · Estrada v. United States
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[BJefore a district court accepts a waiver of jury trial the court will interrogate the defendant to ensure that he understands his right to a jury trial and the conse quences of waiver. Once the rule goes into effect [in one month], failure to comply will call for reversal on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““It appears, however, that admonitions to trial judges that the better practice is to interrogate defendants on the subject of their understanding of the right to a jury trial and waiver thereof have not fully succeeded.” 583 F.2d at 364 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kennedy v. State
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.