United States v. Lester’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.2d 1288 · 1984
Citation profile
107 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 135 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably United States v. Sepulveda (1993), United States v. Feldman (1986)
107 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 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. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 1505 · 18 U.S.C. § 1510 · 18 U.S.C. § 1512 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Berger v. United States · Yates v. United States · Stromberg v. People of State of California · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.
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 135 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless they are so gross as to probably prejudice the defendant, and the prejudice is not neutralized by the trial judge.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“specifically designed to inflame the jury.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cross the line 'demarcating permissible oratorical flourish from impermissible comment calculated to incite the jury against the accused.' " Id. at 1301 (quoting Kopituk, 690 F.2d at 1342-43). 29 Here, the prosecutor's reference to "murdered children,”
3 later decisions 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.