United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
760 F.3d 879 · 2014
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Dillon v. United States · Alleyne v. United States · United States of America v. Susan Davidson
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]ntrinsic evidence[ ] is evidence of wrongful conduct other than the conduct at issue offered for the purpose of providing the context in which the charged crime occurred.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only if such evidence clearly had no bearing on the case and was introduced solely to prove the defendant's propensity to commit criminal acts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]vidence of a crime, wrong, or other act ... may be admissible”
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.