United States v. Bocra’s Empirical Analysis
623 F.2d 281 · 1980
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably United States v. Jannotti (1982), United States v. Mentz (1988)
33 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 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. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on United States v. Agurs · United States v. Nixon · Alderman v. United States · United States v. Russell · Sorrells 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Specific instances of conduct. Specific instances of the conduct of a wit ness, for the purpose of attacking or supporting his credibility, other than conviction of crime as provided in rule 609, may not be proved by extrinsic evidence. They may, however, in the discretion of the court, if probative of truthfulness or untruthfulness, be inquired into on cross-examination of the witness (1) concerning his character for truthfulness or untruthfulness, ...”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he submission of discovery materials to the court for an in camera inspection and decision as to which materials are discoverable is commonly used when the Government's need for preserving confidentiality over the materials must be balanced with the defendant's constitutional right to evidence material to his defense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the overriding protection of Rule 403 requires that probative value not be outweighed by danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury.”
1 later decision 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.