United States v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
763 F.3d 443 · 2014
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Booker · Gall v. United States · Chapman v. State of California · Kotteakos 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“spillover of evidence from one case to another generally does not require severance, unless [the] defendant can point to specific substantial, undue, or compelling prejudice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]ven where the risk of prejudice is high, less drastic measures, such as limiting instructions, often will suffice to cure any risk of prejudice.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“But it is 'well settled that defendants are not entitled to severance merely because they may have a better chance of acquittal in separate trials.'”
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.