United States v. White’s Empirical Analysis
887 F.2d 705 · 1989
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably United States v. Garrett (1990), A. Dubreuil & Sons, Inc. v. Town of Lisbon (1990)
23 federal appellate · 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 18 U.S.C. § 4241 · 18 U.S.C. § 4247 · 18 U.S.C. § 871 (Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000)
Relies on Pate v. Robinson · Jackson v. Indiana · Central Railroad v. Pennsylvania · Feguer v. United States · United States v. Taylor
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“At any time after the commencement of a prosecution for an offense and prior to the sentencing of the defendant, the defendant or the attorney for the Government may file a motion for a hearing to determine the mental competency of the defendant. The court shall grant the motion, or shall order such a hearing on its own motion, if there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant may presently be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent to the extent that he is unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him or to assist properly in his defense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the district court has not only the prerogative, but the duty, to inquire into a defendant's competency whenever there is `reasonable cause to believe' that the defendant is incompetent to stand trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“may order that a psychiatric or psychological examination of the defendant be conducted, and that a psychiatric or psychological report be filed with the court.”
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.