United States v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
798 F.2d 686 · 1986
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably United States v. Wilhelm (1996), United States v. Legg (1994)
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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. § 3731 · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Leon · Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · United States v. Burke
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On Jan 21, 1985 an informant told Tony Dimeo and Jack Elkins that he had been in the residence of Donald Leo Edwards located near Gulf, N.C. within 24 hrs. of 1-21-85 and had seen a large quanity [sic] of a vegetable substance know [sic] to him as marijuana. He has the ability to recon gonnize [sic] marijuana from past experience. The informant indicated that the marijuana may be moved by 4;00 [sic] AM on the [sic] 1-22-85 because the subject Donald Leo Edwards is planning a trip. The informant stated that Donald Leo Edwards has rent [sic] a vehicle bearing license # RE-5549 a Chevrolet Monte Carlo Green in color for this trip out of state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(c) Issuance and Contents. (1) Warrant Upon Affidavit____ Before ruling on a request for a warrant the [judicial officer] may require the affiant to appear personally and may examine under oath the affi-ant ..., provided that such proceeding shall be taken down by a court reporter or recording equipment and made part of the affidavit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“a determination that probable cause is lacking is not always necessary before addressing the good faith exception under Leon.”
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.