United States v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
796 F.2d 212 · 1986
Citation profile
73 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently September 2006 · most notably United States v. Townsend (1991), United States v. Moya-Gomez (1988)
73 federal appellate ·
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 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Blumenthal v. United States · United States v. Security Industrial Bank · Florida v. Royer · First National City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba
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.
“`after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the record contains no evidence, regardless of how it is weighed, from which a jury could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An appellate court will not weigh the evidence or assess the credibility of the witnesses.”
5 later decisions 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.