United States v. Reece’s Empirical Analysis
86 F.3d 994 · 1996
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably United States v. Carter (1997), United States v. Avery (2002)
33 federal appellate · 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Allen v. United States · United States v. Jones · United States v. Mills · United States v. Francisco-Lopez
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“beyond a reasonable doubt the following elements: '(1) the defendant knowingly possessed the illegal drug; and (2) the defendant possessed the drug with the specific intent to distribute it.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause constructive possession requires a nexus between the defendant and the contraband where there is more than one possibility as to who is in possession of that contraband, mere dominion over the vehicle and proximity to the contraband will not satisfy the possession element.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]onstructive possession may be found if a person knowingly has ownership, dominion, or control over the narcotics and the premises where the narcotics are found.”
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.