United States v. Ecker’s Empirical Analysis
78 F.3d 726 · 1996
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently May 2023
5 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. § 4241 · 18 U.S.C. § 4246 · 18 U.S.C. § 4247 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Zannino · Jackson v. Indiana · Sisson v. Ruby · Sobin v. United States · Greenwood 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Section 4241 provides procedures for evaluation of a defendant’s competency to stand trial. If the court finds the defendant incompetent after an psychiatric examination and a hearing, the court commits the defendant to the custody of the Attorney General. The Attorney General then hospitalizes the defendant for up to four months “to determine whether there is a substantial probability that in the foreseeable future he will attain the capacity to permit the trial to proceed.” The Attorney General may also hospitalize the defendant for an “additional reasonable time” beyond four months if the court finds a substantial probability that competency will be regained. If the defendant remains incompetent at the end of those time periods, the defendant is subject to commitment for dangerousness under 18 U.S.C. § 4246 . If not committed thereunder, the defendant is released.”
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.