United States v. Ramos’s Empirical Analysis
933 F.2d 968 · 1991
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2022 · most notably Ornelas v. United States (1996), United States v. Ramirez-Chilel (2002)
26 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Faretta v. California · Payton v. New York · Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · United States v. Santana · United States v. Cox
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the gravity of the offense with which the suspect is to be charged; (2) a reasonable belief that the suspect is armed; (3) probable cause to believe that the suspect committed the crime; (4) strong reason to believe that the suspect is on the premises being entered; and (5) a likelihood that delay could cause the destruction of evidence or jeopardize the safety of the officers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“statements were intended as a credibility finding.” The court’s credibility ruling, though adverse to Ramirez-Chilel, does not indicate pervasive bias. Id. at 973 & n. 2. (finding that although the district judge's choice of words was poor, the comments the judge made suggesting that he would believe government agents over”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant's right to a fair trial is violated when the evidence excluded is material in the sense of a crucial, critical, highly significant factor.”
1 later decision 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.