Johnson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The evidence shows that the parties were associated together for the illegal purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and any act done by one or more of the parties to accomplish that purpose was the act of all. And this is true regardless of the fact that counts 2, 3, and 4 do ' not directly charge a conspiracy. 18 U.S.C.A. § 550 . That section is as follows: ‘§ 550. (Criminal Code, section 332.) “Principals” defined. Whoever directly commits any act constituting an offense defined in any law of the United States, or . aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, or procures its commission, is a principal.’ “The evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty on such last ■ mentioned counts. The fact that these appellants were not personally present at the place where and the time when the liquor was manufactured is immaterial. It is not necessary that one who aids and abets the commission of a crime shall be present when the crime is committed to sustain a conviction under this section. The jury necessarily found against appellants’ contention that they had abandoned the unlawful enterprise. Having voluntarily entered into the undertaking and aided and assisted its execution, they are responsible for the consequences.” (Emphasis supplied.) '”

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