United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
968 F.2d 208 · 1992
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently September 2011 · most notably David Aparicio v. Christopher Artuz (2001), United States v. Snype (2006)
23 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1512
Relies on Mullaney v. Wilbur · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Patterson v. New York · Richards v. United States · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to— (1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding; (2) cause or induce any person to— (A) withhold testimony, or withhold a record, document, or other object, from an official proceeding;”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in operation, negate an element of the crime which the government is required to prove.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[if] I get indicted and you testify, I'm going to take care of you, I’m going to get you.... [b]ut if you don’t, everything will be fine, everything will be okay”) (first alteration in original); United States v. Fagan, 821 F.2d 1002 , 1014 (5th Cir.1987) (defendant”
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.