United States v. Vickers’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 890 · 10 U.S.C. § 917 · 10 U.S.C. § 928 · 10 U.S.C. § 934
Relies on United States v. Goode · United States v. Mack · United States v. Talavera · United States v. Dukes · United States v. Morales
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To hold otherwise would be to preclude by a general rule the introduction of such evidence which could very well be irrelevant or prejudicial on the merits of a specific case but highly relevant for sentencing purposes. See United States v. Corl, supra. As was said just recently, a “military judge must be provided relevant material concerning the accused” at presentencing to ensure “the tailoring of a sentence to fit the crime and the offender.” United States v. Shelwood, 10 M.J. 755 (N.C.M.R.1981). See generally United States v. Mack, 9 M.J. 300, 316 (C.M.A.1980).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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