United States v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “against a party that wrongfully caused-or acquiesced in wrongfully causing”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Pratt · State v. Maestas

2. “"In Dinkins , this court endorsed a broad understanding of the forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception, concluding that the exception applies to a defendant whose co-conspirators murdered a declarant intending to prevent him from testifying. [Citation.] Acting in accord with our sister circuits, we held that the principles of conspiratorial liability articulated in Pinkerton v. United States , 328 U.S. 640 [ 66 S.Ct. 1180 , 90 L.Ed. 1489 ] (1946), essentially imputed the co-conspirators' intent to the defendant for purposes of both Rule 804(b)(6) and the Confrontation Clause. Dinkins , 691 F.3d at 384 , 386 ." United States v. Jackson , 706 F.3d 264 , 268 (4th Cir. 2013).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Davis

3. “defendants might be tempted to murder, injure, or intimidate witnesses before trial and then invoke their constitutional right to confrontation to ensure that those witnesses' statements are never heard in court”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Miller