United States v. Sherman’s Empirical Analysis
821 F.2d 1337 · 1987
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably United States of America v. Jose Alfredo Maldonado (2000), 650 So. 2d 1289 - MacK v. State (1994)
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Faretta v. California · Davis v. Alaska · United States v. Gagnon · Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe · Erickson v. United States
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The scope of cross-examination is within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent clear abuse of discretion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“highly prejudicial error affecting substantial rights.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant has a constitutional right to be present at every stage of the trial where his absence might frustrate the fairness of the proceedings.”
2 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.