United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.2d 925 · 1985
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably United States v. Cruz (1986), United States v. Quinones (2007)
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 18 U.S.C. § 2312 · 18 U.S.C. § 2313 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on United States v. Wade · Kirby v. Illinois · Greene v. Massey · United States v. Gouveia · Jones v. Nor-Tex Agencies, Inc.
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“entitled to broad latitude in the inferences [it] may suggest to the jury during closing arguments, provided [it does] not misstate the evidence, refer to facts not in evidence, or express counsel's personal belief as to guilt or innocence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not arise at the time of arrest upon a warrant following the filing of a complaint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.