United States v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
994 F.2d 417 · 1993
Citation profile
65 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2019 · most notably United States v. Darden (1995), United States v. Riascos-Suarez (1996)
65 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Franks v. Delaware · Sandstrom v. Montana · Francis v. Franklin · Yagow v. United States · Foy v. Northeast Suburban Life
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[p]rotection of drug proceeds furthers a drug trafficking crime, and the use of a firearm to guard such proceeds therefore violates section 924(c).”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“referred to a handgun. Looking at all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, a reasonable jury could have concluded a nexus existed between Druger's possession of at least one of the firearms and the trafficking of drugs. 3 B. Possession of Illegal Drugs with Intent to Distribute Druger also challenges count seven of the indictment for possession with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). Conviction under this section requires the Government to”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“each separate use of a firearm in relation to a violent crime or drug trafficking crime is punishable under section 924(c) regardless of whether other section 924(c) charges are related to the same predicate offense.”
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.