United States v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.3d 1098 · 2015
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Serrano-Lopez · United States v. Pace · United States v. Stymiest · Ortega v. United States · United States v. Bynum
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If evidence consistent with guilt exists, we will not reverse simply because the facts and the circumstances may also be consistent with some innocent explanation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“view the evidence in the light most favorable to the guilty verdict, granting all reasonable inferences that are supported by that evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]ven where the evidence rationally supports two conflicting hypotheses, the reviewing court will not disturb the conviction.”
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.