United States v. Devine’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
80 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably United States v. Bermea (1994), United States v. Puig-Infante (1994)
80 federal appellate · 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. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 7201 · 26 U.S.C. § 7206 · 28 U.S.C. § 144
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · United States v. Leon · Pinkerton v. United States · Bourjaily v. United States · Grady v. Corbin
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well-settled that evidence of a prior inconsistent statement is admissible to impeach a witness. Proof of such a statement may be elicited by extrinsic evidence only if the witness on cross-examination denies having made the statement.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“less culpable than most other participants.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Rjegardless of the special interrogatory, the Wayne court relied on the district court’s own factual conclusion that the conspiracy continued until May 1988. Indeed, the Eighth Circuit stated in its holding that it was “satisfied that the court’s finding was not clearly erroneous.” * * * * * * [The defendants] sought a determination from the jury on a question related to sentencing, which was clearly not within the province of the jury to decide. In short, they did not seek an answer from the jury that would determine their guilt or innocence, but one that would serve as no more than an advisory opinion to the judge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Robinson
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.