United States v. Ríos-Ortiz’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.3d 310 · 2013
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
September 2022
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Powell · Dunn v. United States · United States v. Boylan · United States v. Drougas · 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]o long as there is 'sufficient evidence to sustain a rational verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt' for a conspiracy charge, 'an inconsistent verdict should stand.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A conspiratorial agreement . . . 'need not be express so long as its existence can plausibly be inferred from the defendants' words and actions . . . .'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Inconsistent verdicts 'may be the result of [jurors'] lenity, coupled with the Government's inability to invoke review'”
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.