United States v. Sotelo-Murillo’s Empirical Analysis
887 F.2d 176 · 1989
Citation profile
103 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 147 later decisions — most recently December 2022 · most notably United States v. Hankey (2000), United States v. Sitton (1992)
103 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Vandygriff v. Phillips · United States v. Russell · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · United States v. McConney · Washington Post Co. v. Rebozo
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 147 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'weak, insufficient, inconsistent, or of doubtful credibility.'”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) a government agent induced him or her to commit an illegal act that (2) he or she was not predisposed to commit.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant must present evidence on both elements of the defense, but only 'slight evidence is needed to create a factual issue and get the defense to the jury.'”
6 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.