United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.2d 810 · 1986
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably 15 Cal. 4th 1 - People v. Marshall (1997), United States v. Schaff (1991)
51 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 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. § 2113
Relies on Faretta v. California · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Costello v. United States · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · United States v. McConney
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“before meaningful trial proceedings have begun,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] defendant has a constitutional right to proceed pro se.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In determining whether a defendant’s request to defend himself is a tactic to secure delay, the court may, of course, consider the effect of delay. A showing that a continuance would be required and that the resulting delay would prejudice the prosecution may be evidence of a defendant’s dilatory intent ... [WJhere [a defendant’s] pre-trial conduct had already caused substantial delay, a showing that his motion included a request for continuance would be strong evidence of a purpose to delay. The inquiry, however, does not stop there. The court must also examine the events preceding the motion, to determine whether they are consistent with a good faith assertion of the Faretta right ...”
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.