United States v. Waller’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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

1. “The test for determining whether a remark constitutes an improper comment on an accused’s failure to take the stand in his own behalf is “whether the language used was manifestly intended or was of such character that the jury would naturally and necessarily take it to be a comment on the failure of the accused to testify.” United States v. Chaney, 446 F.2d 571, 576 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 404 U.S. 993 , 92 S.Ct. 543 , 30 L.Ed.2d 546 (1977).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Cianciulli

2. “[i]n order to aid and abet another to commit a crime, it is necessary that the accused willfully associate himself in some way with the criminal venture, and willfully participate in it, as he would in something he wishes to bring about; that is to say, that he willfully would seek, by some act or omission of his, to make the criminal venture successful.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 30 F. Supp. 2d 805 - Camilo v. Beeler