United States v. Stenberg’s Empirical Analysis
803 F.2d 422 · 1986
Citation profile
76 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably United States v. Smith (1991), United States v. Fernandez (2004)
76 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 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 16 U.S.C. § 3372 · 16 U.S.C. § 3373 · 16 U.S.C. § 668 · 18 U.S.C. § 2
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · Connally v. General Construction Co. · Kolender v. Lawson
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he existence of entrapment is ordinarily a question of fact for the jury, and we will not disturb the jury's finding unless, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, no reasonable jury could have concluded that [the defendant] was predisposed to commit the charged offenses.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An individual cannot claim he was entrapped simply because he was poor and could not resist the chance to make money.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the government is so involved in the criminal endeavor that it shocks our sense of justice.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.