United States v. Mahecha-Onofre’s Empirical Analysis
936 F.2d 623 · 1991
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Chapman v. United States · Basic Inc. v. Levinson · United States v. Williams · United States v. Luciano Pacheco · United States v. Franchi-Forlando
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.
“would not seem to play a critical role in the definition of”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“We cannot say that a reasonable juror could not reason in this way; or that such a juror must have a reasonable doubt about the conclusion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the blotter paper used in this case, and blotter paper customarily used to distribute LSD, is a 'mixture or substance containing a detectable amount' of LSD.”
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.