United States v. DeSimone’s Empirical Analysis
660 F.2d 532 · 1981
Citation profile
148 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 172 later decisions — most recently September 2020 · most notably United States v. Baker (2005), United States v. Vera (1983)
148 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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 Glasser v. United States · United States v. Chadwick · Holloway v. Arkansas · Arkansas v. Sanders · Davis v. Mississippi
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 172 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Obviously, appellant's presence was highly suspicious, but this is not a substitute for evidence sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Although it is certainly possible — maybe even probable — that [the appellant] was involved in the conspiracy, such speculation does not constitute proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and juries”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“deliberate, knowing, specific intent to join [a] conspiracy.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] court must still (1) examine the significance of the testimony in relation to the defendant’s theory of the case; (2) assess the extent of prejudice caused by the absence of the testimony; (3) consider judicial administration and economy; and (4) give weight to the timeliness of the motion.”
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.