United States v. DeCastris’s Empirical Analysis
798 F.2d 261 · 1986
Citation profile
21 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently August 2013 · most notably United States v. Spillone (1989), United States v. Frost (1997)
21 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 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002)
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Screws v. United States · Coastal Steel Corp. v. Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc. · Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Maine v. Taylor
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“You have heard evidence about acts of the Defendant related to matters other than the acts alleged in the Indictment. You may consider this evidence only on the questions of motive, identity or plan, or whether any acts of this Defendant alleged in the Indictment, if proven, were done with knowledge, intent, absence of mistake, or were not inadvertent acts. This evidence on other matters is to be considered by you only for this limited purpose. The evidence on these other matters is not evidence that the Defendant committed the acts alleged in the Indictment at the times alleged, nor is it evidence that it is more likely that he did commit those acts charged because of the occurrence of these other matters. The government must prove the Defendant's participation in the acts alleged in the Indictment beyond a reasonable doubt from other evidence. The evidence on these other matters is admitted only for the limited purpose stated above, and cannot be considered for any other purpose. Keep in mind that the Defendant is not charged with these other acts — he is charged with the allegations contained in the Indictment only. The Defendant is not on trial for any conduct or criminal offenses not charged in this Indictment. Accordingly, you may not convict the Defendant for any conduct or criminal offenses”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The mailings may be innocent or even legally necessary.”
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.