United States v. Brewer’s Empirical Analysis
783 F.2d 841 · 1986
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably 139 Ill. 2d 264 - People v. Enis (1990), United States v. Rahm (1993)
38 federal appellate · 17 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 · 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act)
Relies on San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · United States v. Downing · United States v. Amaral · United States v. Marabelles · United States v. Vasquez
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[However,] the defendant must show, by clear and convincing evidence, 'the prejudice ... caused by the court's failure to appoint an expert [or investigator]'.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“We are unable to see how the use of the magnifying glass to view photographs differs from the use of corrective eyeglasses by jurors”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“requires the court to authorize defense services for indigent defendants 'when the defense attorney makes a timely request in circumstances in which a reasonable attorney would engage such services for a client having the independent financial means to pay for them.'”
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.