United States v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
83 F.3d 542 · 1996
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently January 2022
19 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. § 2119 · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Specht v. Patterson · United States v. McRae · United States v. Oliver · United States v. Rivera-Gomez · United States v. Tavares
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“particularly 'likely to incite a jury to an irrational decision' " (citation omitted) ). Even so, the defendant's state of mind was a crucial issue, and the challenged evidence was not only relevant to that issue but also significantly probative of motive and absence of mistake. When the weighing of relevance and unfair prejudice results in mere equipoise, " Rule 403 tilts the balance in favor of admission.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) a substantial risk of death;(B) extreme physical pain;”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“would broaden measurably the limited category of injuries that Congress designated as justifying a substantial increase in punishment for carjacking.”
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.