United States v. Sneed’s Empirical Analysis
705 F.2d 745 · 1983
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Burks v. United States · Tibbs v. Florida · Green v. United States
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our refusal to address the sufficiency issue in the first appeal is not a license for the government to 'make repeated attempts to convict [the defendant] for [the] alleged offense....' Whether or not the issue is addressed on appeal, 'the government must present sufficient evidence the first time to get a second chance.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is not necessary that the evidence exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence or be wholly inconsistent with every conclusion except that of guilt, provided a reasonable trier of fact could find that the evidence establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Mere presence at the scene of a crime or close association with a coconspirator will not support an inference of participation ... in the criminal activity.”
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.