United States v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis
703 F.2d 815 · 1983
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably United States v. Gordon (1988), United States v. Zapata (1989)
57 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 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 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Davis v. Alaska · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Pointer v. Texas · Holloway v. Arkansas
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a conspiracy to violate two statutes is alleged, the jury may find the defendant guilty if they believe beyond a reasonable doubt that he or she conspired to violate either one of the statutes”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[wjhenever two or more defendants ... are represented by the same retained or assigned counsel ... the court shall promptly inquire with respect to such joint representation and shall personally advise each defendant of the right to effective assistance of counsel, including separate representation. Unless it appears that there is good cause to believe no conflict of interest is likely to arise, the court shall take such measures as may be appropriate to protect each defendant’s right to counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the direct testimony is especially prejudicial ..., we have held this remedy inadequate. On the premise that the jury could not follow the instruction to disregard the witness’ testimony, we have then required a mistrial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Toolate v. Borg
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.