United States v. Bass’s Empirical Analysis
794 F.2d 1305 · 1986
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably State v. Agee (1990), United States v. Hiland (1990)
66 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · North Carolina v. Pearce · Benton v. Maryland · Missouri v. Hunter · Albernaz 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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an integral part of the immediate context of the crime charged.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[ T]aMng such evidence out of the scope of 404(b) analysis does not remove all limits on the admission of detailed wrongful acts testimony. The dictates of rule 403 must still be applied to ensure that the probative value of this evidence is not [substantially] outweighed by [the danger of unfair prejudice].”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“so blended or connected with the one on trial as that proof of one incidentally involves the other; or explains the circumstances thereof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.