United States v. Fallon’s Empirical Analysis
776 F.2d 727 · 1985
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Washington v. Texas · Pereira v. United States · Hoffa v. United States · Stafford v. Oklahoma
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The petitioner is quite correct in the contention that [the informant], perhaps even more than most informers, may have had motives to lie. But it does not follow that his testimony was untrue, nor does it follow that his testimony was constitution ally inadmissible. The established safeguards of the Anglo-American legal system leave the veracity of a witness to be tested by cross-examination, and the credibility of his testimony to be determined by a properly instructed jury. At the trial of this case, [the informant] was subjected to rigorous cross-examination, and the extent and nature of his dealings with federal and state authorities were insistently explored. The trial judge instructed the jury, both specifically and generally, with regard to assessing [his] credibility. The Constitution does not require us to upset the jury’s verdict.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In our legal system, the danger of perjured or unreliable testimony from immunized accomplices is minimized not by excluding that testimony but through the use of procedural safeguards.” Id. at 734 . The district judge originally allowed the testimony of the accomplice to be introduced at trial. Afterward the judge concluded that the testimony should not have been admitted because of the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“be in the best posture to evaluate the witness’ efforts.” Finally, the agreement concluded that the government might charge the witness with less than the three mentioned counts if”
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.