United States v. Quejada-Zurique’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.2d 857 · 1983
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably United States v. Ortiz (1992), United States v. Batista-Polanco (1991)
73 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 21 U.S.C. § 955A
Relies on Bordenkircher v. Hayes · Chaffin v. Stynchcombe · National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Idaho · Hulsey v. Arkansas · United States v. Smith
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e regard the evidence, including all inferences that may reasonably be drawn therefrom, in the light most favorable to the government. United States v. Fortes, 619 F.2d 108 , 122 (1st Cir.1980). We must determine whether a reasonable jury, so .viewing the evidence, could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Id. The evidence need not exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence, United States v. Smith, 680 F.2d 255 , 259 (1st Cir.1982), cert. denied [- U.S. -], 103 S.Ct. 738 [ 74 L.Ed.2d 960 ] (1983), and if it can support varying reasonable interpretations, the jury is entitled to choose among them, United States v. Klein, 522 F.2d 296 , 302 (1st Cir.1975).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“'where crewmen are found aboard a vessel upon which the presence of contraband is obvious, their conspiracy is inferable.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The defendant who opts to go to trial rather than negotiating a plea runs the risk of a harsher sentence”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.