United States v. Varner’s Empirical Analysis
748 F.2d 925 · 1984
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2111
Relies on Cupp v. Naughten · McMillen v. United States · United States v. Anthony J. Dichiarinte and Spartico Mastro · United States v. Safley · United States v. Gray
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where two instructions are in conflict, and one is an incorrect statement of the law and is clearly prejudicial, the charge constitutes reversible error, since the jury 'might have followed the erroneous instruction.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]f you find the presumption of truthfulness to be outweighed as to any witness you will give the testimony of that witness such credibility, if any, as you think it deserves.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“jurors ... are the sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight their testimony deserves.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.