United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
988 F.2d 941 · 1993
Citation profile
129 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 233 later decisions — most recently October 2021 · most notably United States of America v. Viken Hovsepian (2004), United States v. Seesing (2001)
129 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on United States v. Frady · Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. United States · Bagley v. IBP, Inc. · Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Gibbons
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 233 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a criminal defendant could have raised a claim of error on direct appeal but nonetheless failed to do so, he must demonstrate both cause excusing his procedural default, and actual prejudice resulting from the claim of error.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“one which is not authorized by the judgment of conviction, or is in excess of the permissible statutory penalty for the crime, or is in violation of the Constitution.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Section 2255, however, is not designed to provide criminal defendants multiple opportunities to challenge their sentence.”
4 later decisions 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.