United States v. Joe’s Empirical Analysis
831 F.2d 218 · 1987
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably United States v. Peña (1991), United States v. Horn (1991)
31 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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. § 113 · 18 U.S.C. § 1153
Relies on Beck v. Alabama · Sloan v. Hicks · Hullum v. United States · Ford v. Wainwright · United States v. Iron Shell
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a proper request; (2) the lesser-included-offense must consist of some, but not all, of the elements of the offense charged; (3) the elements differentiating the two offenses must be a matter in dispute; and (4) a jury must be able to rationally convict the defendant of the lesser offense and acquit of the greater offense.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“Failure to meet any part of the test is fatal for the defendant.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“1. A proper request. 29 "2. The lesser included offense consists of some, but not all, of the elements of the offense charged. 30 "3. The elements differentiating the two offenses is a matter in dispute. 31 "4. A jury could rationally convict the defendant of the lesser offense and acquit of the greater offense.”
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.