United States v. Beasley’s Empirical Analysis
72 F.3d 1518 · 1996
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably United States v. Trujillo (1998), United States v. Hill (2011)
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 10 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 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Hamling v. United States · United States v. Turkette
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The First Amendment's protection of beliefs and associations does not preclude such evidence where relevant to a trial issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It seems clear from the record that the Yahweh religion was not on trial. The evidence regarding the religion was relevant, because religious teachings were used to justify, rationalize, and promote crime. Appellants argue strenuously that the contested evidence violated Federal Rule of Evidence 610, which prohibits using religion to impeach a witness’s credibility. The appellants’ argument is misguided. The government agrees that it would have been improper to attack witnesses’ credibility with their religious beliefs by suggesting that, because of those beliefs, their testimony was untrustworthy. However, in this case, the government inquired into Yahweh practices and beliefs in an effort to show the background of the RICO enterprise, which the defendants used to carry out acts of murder and arson. The evidence was relevant to show how Yahweh exerted influence and control over the members and how he used his preachings to justify heinous crimes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When appellants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence presented at trial, it is well established that, in a review following conviction, all issues of credibility within the province of the jury must be viewed in the light most favorable to the government. We are prohibited from weighing the evidence or determining the credibility of witnesses. And if any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, we must affirm the conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alexander v. People
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.