United States v. Capua’s Empirical Analysis
656 F.2d 1033 · 1981
Citation profile
56 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently June 2011 · most notably United States v. Gay (1992), Lynn v. United States (2004)
56 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 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
Relies on Stone v. Powell · Hill v. United States · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann · Davis v. United States · United States v. Addonizio
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]ven those nonconstitutional claims that could not have been asserted on direct appeal can be raised on collateral review only if the alleged error constituted 'a fundamental defect which inherently results in a complete miscarriage of justice'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is reserved for transgressions of constitutional rights and for that narrow compass of other injury that could not have been raised on direct appeal and, would, if condoned, result in a complete miscarriage of justice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“petitioner sought to gain a tactical or strategic advantage by foregoing the direct appeal.”
2 later decisions 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.