United States v. Cessa’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We generally review whether the government violated Brady de novo , although even when reviewing a Brady claim de novo , we must proceed with deference to the factual findings underlying the district court's decision[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Bolton · United States v. Glenn

2. “that the decision to indict was free from the substantial influence of such violations.' [Citation.] Put another way, '[w]hether or not prosecutorial misconduct prejudiced a defendant depends on whether it affected the grand jury's decision to indict.' [Citation.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Jackson v. Superior Court of Contra Costa Cnty.

3. “By prefacing her evidentiary conclusion with the phrase 'I submit to you,' the prosecutor indicated to the jury that she was making an inferential argument using the evidence adduced at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. King