United States v. Braidlow’s Empirical Analysis
806 F.2d 781 · 1986
Citation profile
31 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently November 2008 · most notably United States v. Willis (1993), United States v. Drews (1989)
31 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. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Johnson v. Righetti · Amperex Electronic Corp. v. New York Racing Assn., Inc. · United States v. Garcia · United States v. Casperson · United States 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court does not abuse its discretion by allowing the use of evidence on redirect examination to clarify an issue that was opened up by the defense on cross-examination--even when this evidence would otherwise be inadmissible.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“acknowledgment of participation in the offense,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The witness's plea or evidence thereof, however, 'cannot be used as substantive evidence of the defendant's guilt,' and the jury should be so instructed.”
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.