United States v. Hedman’s Empirical Analysis
655 F.2d 813 · 1981
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently February 2003 · most notably United States v. Barlow (1982), United States v. Smith (1995)
40 federal appellate · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Giglio v. United States · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · MacHibroda v. United States · Kentucky v. Indiana
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) came to his knowledge only after trial; (2) could not have been discovered sooner had due diligence been exercised; (3) is material and not merely impeaching or cumulative; and (4) would probably lead to an acquittal in the event of a new trial.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e treat defendants’ request for a writ of error corum nobis as similar in character to a request under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . It often is true in Section 2255 cases that the existing record and the court’s recollection obviate the need for a hearing where, as here, the judge entertaining a request for a new trial also presided at the original trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Blackburn“It is within the sound discretion of the district court to decide whether or not a hearing is necessary to a determination on a request for a new trial.”
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.