United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
997 F.2d 674 · 1993
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2017 · most notably United States v. Cooley (1993), United States of America v. Chucks Emuegbunam (2001)
24 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 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. § 113 · 18 U.S.C. § 1623 · 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Sibron v. State of New York Peters · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · In re Martin-Trigona · Webb v. Texas · Porzig v. Nolden
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[j]udges and prosecutors do not necessarily commit a Webb-type violation merely by advising a witness of the possibility that he or she could face prosecution for perjury if his or her testimony differs from that he or she has given previously.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“merely warning a defendant of the consequences of perjury” does not demand reversal). 8 . Jackson’s heavy reliance upon Webb, is misplaced. The court in Webb spoke directly to the witness at trial and stated that”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“which exerted such duress on the witness' mind as to preclude any one of them from making a free and voluntary choice whether or not to testify.”
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.