United States v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.2d 726 · 1985
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently June 2013 · most notably United States v. Youngpeter (1993), United States v. Kelley (1991)
40 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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. § 1505 · 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Agurs · Federal Communications Commission v. Home Box Office, Inc. · New York v. Ferber · United States v. Allen
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must be such that it would probably produce an acquittal.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“because Pohlman was aware of the information prior to trial. The trial court also held that the evidence was cumulative because Pohlman testified to the same facts herself at trial. Moreover, the district judge found that Acosta's proposed testimony was unlikely to override the strong evidence of Pohlman's guilt and produce an acquittal. 26 We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Pohlman a new trial because the evidence was not”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“probably would not produce an acquittal, and, therefore, did not provide a basis for granting a new trial.”
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.