United States v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
76 F.3d 4 · 1996
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently August 2014 · most notably United States v. Lopez-Lopez (2002), United States v. Henderson (2003)
28 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Neil v. Biggers · Manson v. Brathwaite · Bibby v. United States
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To show a Brady violation, the defendant must show (among other factors) that the withheld 'evidence was exculpatory, as measured by its materiality.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any reasonable view of the evidence support[ed]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To show a Brady violation, the defendant must show (among other factors) that the withheld 'evidence was exculpatory, as measured by its materiality.' " United States v. Watson, 76 F.3d 4 , 7 (1st Cir.) (quoting United States v. Hemmer, 729 F.2d 10 , 14 (1st Cir.), cert denied, 467 U.S. 1218 (1984)), cert. denied, 116 S.Ct. 1889 (1996). "Evidence is material if there is a reasonable probability that the outcome of the proceeding would have been different had the evidence been disclosed.”
2 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.