United States v. Witt’s Empirical Analysis
648 F.2d 608 · 1981
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1014
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Holland v. United States · Henderson v. Kibbe · Taylor v. Kentucky
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]lthough in some cases a jury should be made aware of the presumption [of innocence], an instruction is not required in all cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ttempts to explain the term 'reasonable doubt' do not usually result in making it any clearer to the minds of the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whiteside v. Parke“'an omission or an incomplete instruction is less likely to be prejudicial than a misstatement of the law.'”
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.