United States v. Velez’s Empirical Analysis
652 F.2d 258 · 1981
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably United States v. Vaughn (2005), United States v. Canino (1991)
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952
Relies on Bollenbach v. United States · United States v. Park · Goldman v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. · Gleason v. United States · United States v. Gleason
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by briefly recapitulating the essential elements of each offense [charged].” Id. at 261 . He listed the essential elements of conspiracy, but neglected to mention the precise element which formed the cornerstone of the defense:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] supplemental charge is not defective where it responds adequately to the jury's request for clarification.”
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.