United States v. Simon’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.2d 524 · 1985
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably State v. Cooper (1993), United States v. Butcher (1991)
58 federal appellate · 1 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 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · CPC International Inc. v. Dimmitt Agri Industries, Inc. · United States v. DeLuna · United States v. Wiener · United States v. Evans
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]vidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hen as here evidence of an act and evidence of the crime charged are 'inextricably intertwined,' Rule 404(b) does not come into play.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Firearms are known 'tools of the trade' of narcotics dealing because of the dangers inherent in that line of work.”
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.