United States v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis
992 F.2d 489 · 1993
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 159 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2020 · most notably United States v. Mitchell (1997), United States v. Williams (2006)
39 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on McCarthy v. United States · United States v. Broce · Gregory Lumber Co. v. United States · Morrison v. Olson · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co.
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 159 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A voluntary and intelligent plea of guilty is an admission of all the elements of a formal criminal charge, and constitutes an admission of all material facts alleged in the charge. Furthermore, a guilty plea constitutes a waiver of all nonjuris-dictional defects, including the right to contest the factual merits of the charges.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“covered by 922(g)(1). Thus, he argues that White's testimony was material and favorable to his defense because it would have proven the gun to be inoperable. We disagree. 8 Section 921(a)(3) defines firearm, in part, as: 9 (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;.... 10 Clearly, whether or not the shotgun was actually operable at the time when Ingram possessed it is not required for conviction, as it is enough that the gun was”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A knowing, voluntary, and intelligent guilty plea to an offense conclusively establishes the elements of the offense and the material facts necessary to support the conviction.”
2 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.