United States v. Halbert’s Empirical Analysis
668 F.2d 489 · 1982
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 7 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently November 2014 · most notably United States v. Ortiz (1986), United States v. Pedroza (1984)
37 federal appellate · 7 district · 16 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 18 U.S.C. § 2113
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Newman Oil Co. · McGautha v. California · Federal Communications Commission v. Home Box Office, Inc. · Harris v. McRae
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) General Rule. For the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, (1) evidence that a witness other than an accused has been convicted of a crime shall be admitted, subject to Rule 403, if the crime was punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year under the law under which the witness was convicted, and evidence that an accused has been convicted of such a crime shall be admitted if the court determines that the probative value of admitting this evidence outweighs its prejudicial effect to the accused. ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is improbable that one who undertakes to rob a bank with a gun will prove to be a person of high character who is devoted to truth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“manipulate the court so as to create a legal question notwithstanding that he [had] no genuine intention to testify.”
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.