United States v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis
719 F.2d 375 · 1983
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 3 district · 31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions — most recently May 2022 · most notably United States v. Causey (1987), State v. Carter (1989)
64 federal appellate · 3 district · 31 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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. § 2313 · 18 U.S.C. § 3501 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 28 U.S.C. § 753
Relies on Padilla-Martinez v. United States · Ohio v. Gallagher · United States v. Roberts · United States v. Brooklier · United States v. Patterson
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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Attempts to bolster a witness by vouching for his credibility are normally improper and error.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“information for booking purposes is not an interrogation under Miranda , even though that information turns out to be incriminating.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is always to be received with caution and weighted with great care”
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.