United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If a party introduces all or part of a writing or recorded statement, an adverse party may require the introduction, at that time, of any other part -- or any other writing or recorded statement -- that in fairness ought to be considered at the same time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Altvater

2. “[A] lthough it was within the district court ’s discretion to permit [the defendant ] to elicit his initial false exculpatory statements, [the defendant ] has failed to show that the district court abused its discretion in deciding to exclude them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Glen Gary MONTOYA

3. “the mere fact that a suspect denies guilt before admitting it, does not—without more—mandate the admission of his self-serving denial. … [The defendant ’s] confession was ‘simply a reversal of his original position.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Glen Gary MONTOYA