United States v. Prochilo’s Empirical Analysis
629 F.3d 264 · 2011
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Kyles v. Whitley · Grupo Mexicano Desarrollos v. Alliance Bond Fund Inc · Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“articulate with some specificity what evidence he hopes to find in the requested materials, why he thinks the materials contain this evidence, and, finally, why this evidence would be both favorable to him and material.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to disclose evidence in its possession that is favorable to the accused and material to guilt or punishment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To justify [in camera] review, the defendant must make some showing that the materials in question could contain favorable, material evidence. This showing cannot consist of mere speculation.”
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.