United States v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that the “rule is declaratory of the power to grant a new trial ‘in the interest of justice’ instead of for reasons catalogued as they might have been”
• rejecting the argument that a trial court retains the power to grant a new trial on its own motion after the expiration of the time provided in Rule 33
• referring to “the peculiar ability which the trial judge has to pass on the fairness of the trial” due to his or her knowledge of the “incidents and nuances of the trial”
• rejecting the argument that a trial court retains the power to grant a new trial on its own motion after the expiration of the time provided in Rule 33

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

196 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 3,383×
• Herrera v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-25· cited 3,060×
• United States v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1960-01-11· cited 2,015×
• Day v. McDonough
  Supreme Court· 2006-04-25· cited 1,511×
• United States v. Morgan
  Supreme Court· 1954-02-08· cited 1,436×
• Eberhart v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2005-10-31· cited 799×
• Carlisle v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-13· cited 522×
• Xiao Xing Ni v. Gonzales
  Second Circuit· 2007-07-12· cited 358×
• Johnny Wayne Gurley v. Superior Court of Mecklenburg County
  Fourth Circuit· 1969-05-27· cited 341×
• Lee v. Lampert
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-08-02· cited 290×
• Bunkley v. Commissioner of Correction
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-06-03· cited 271×
• People v. Williams
  New York Court of Appeals· 2010-02-23· cited 266×
• Andrews v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-20· cited 255×
• Johnson v. Commissioner of Correction
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-04-23· cited 231×
• Summerville v. Warden, State Prison
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-05-24· cited 148×
• United States of America, Cross-Appellee v. John Canova
  Second Circuit· 2005-06-21· cited 144×
• Corey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-12-09· cited 130×
• United States v. Nathaniel Coleman, A/K/A \Boo Tee Coleman\, Anthony Del Bono, A/K/A \Nonnie Del Bono\
  Third Circuit· 1987-02-18· cited 129×
• Loving v. United States
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 2005-12-20· cited 113×
• United States v. Riedl
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-08-06· cited 93×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
  Supreme Court· 1943-01-04· cited 2,192×
• Walker v. Johnston
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-10· cited 684×
• United States v. Mayer
  Supreme Court· 1914-11-16· cited 500×
• Universal Oil Products Co. v. Root Refining Co.
  Supreme Court· 1946-10-14· cited 186×
• Murphy v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1900-03-01· cited 135×
• United States v. Smith
  Third Circuit· 1946-07-16· cited 6×
• United States v. Memolo
  Third Circuit· 1946-01-22· cited 3×
• Memolo v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1946-04-01· cited 3×