United States v. Comer’s Empirical Analysis
93 F.3d 1271 · 1996
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably United States v. Koeberlein (1998), United States v. Lawrence (2002)
32 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1621 · 18 U.S.C. § 1708 · 18 U.S.C. § 1709 · 18 U.S.C. § 2248 (§ 40113 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 18 U.S.C. § 2314 · 18 U.S.C. § 3563 · 18 U.S.C. § 3583
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Holland v. United States · United States v. Dunnigan · Brewster v. Derwinski · Sowashee Venture v. EB, Inc.
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, we review for clear error the district court’s factual determination that sufficient evidence exists that the other acts occurred. Second, we review de novo whether the district court correctly determined that the evidence was admissible for a legitimate purpose. Third, we review for abuse of discretion the district court’s determination that the “other acts” evidence is more probative than prejudicial under Rule 403.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“more planning than is typical for commission of the offense in a simple form. 'More than minimal planning' also exists if significant affirmative steps were taken to conceal the offense....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'More than minimal planning' is deemed present in any case involving repeated acts over a period of time, unless it is clear that each instance was purely opportune.”
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.