United States v. Marsh’s Empirical Analysis
894 F.2d 1035 · 1989
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions — most recently April 2009 · most notably United States v. Davis (1991), United States v. Arias-Villanueva (1993)
64 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Cupp v. Naughten · Huddleston v. United States · Johnson v. Righetti · Baskett v. United States · United Transportation Union v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even when no curative instruction is given, we will not reverse a defendant's conviction if substantial, independent and credible evidence of the defendant's guilt overwhelms whatever incriminating aspects inadmissible statements may have had in isolation”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A single instruction to a jury may not be judged in artificial isolation, but must be viewed in the context of the overall charge.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It does not matter whether the defendant knew that the substance was heroin. It is sufficient that he knew that it was some kind of controlled substance.”
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.