United States v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
809 F.2d 1194 · 1987
Citation profile
104 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 169 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably United States v. Chambers (1991), 24 Cal. 4th 243 - People v. Ayala (2000)
104 federal appellate · 18 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Batson v. Kentucky · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Blockburger v. United States · Faretta v. California
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 169 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether, 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“heavy burden of showing specific and compelling prejudice resulting from a joint trial which can be rectified only by separate trials.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'heavy burden of showing specific and compelling prejudice resulting from a joint trial which can be rectified only by separate trials.' ... [T]he error requires reversal only 'if the misjoinder results in actual prejudice because it had substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury's verdict.'”
4 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.