United States v. Durrive’s Empirical Analysis
902 F.2d 1221 · 1990
Citation profile
300 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 351 later decisions — most recently October 2022 · most notably United States v. Burgos (1996), United States v. Rusher (1992)
300 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Glasser v. United States · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Burks v. United States · Hamling v. United States
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 351 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“accept circumstantial evidence as support, even sole support, for a conviction.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is clearly improbable that the weapon was connected to the offense.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'a combination or confederation of two or more persons formed for the purpose of committing, by their joint efforts, a criminal act.'”
7 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.