United States v. Barton’s Empirical Analysis
100 F.3d 43 · 1996
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on United States v. Adu · United States v. Wong · United States v. McCary
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only those convictions that occur prior to the commission of the firearm offense may be counted against the defendant in determining the base offense level.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) 26, if the offense involved a firearm described in 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (a) or 18 U.S.C. § 921 (a)(30), and the defendant had at least two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense; or (3) 22, if the offense involved a firearm described in 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (a) or 18 U.S.C. § 921 (a)(30), and the defendant had one prior conviction of either a crime of violence or controlled substance offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he most natural reading of the guideline is that the number of prior felony convictions must be determined as of the date that the defendant commits the federal firearm 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.