United States v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.2d 174 · 1990
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably United States v. Wing Fook Lui (1991), United States v. Brewer (1993)
38 federal appellate · 10 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. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 856 (§ 416 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Leon · Franks v. Delaware · United States v. Sokolow
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clear beyond a reasonable doubt that the jury would have returned a verdict of guilty”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“expert testimony of drug profiles as substantive evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.