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106 F.3d 222 · 1997

Citation profile

30
cited by 30 later decisions
January 2006
most recently cited

24 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Henderson v. Brown · Robinett v. United States · United States v. Freisinger · United States v. Flores · United States v. Willis

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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense (the intentional distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 ). The district court instructed the jury that in order to convict Mr. Santos of violating 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(1), it must find Mr. Santos either used or carried a firearm during and in relation to the charged drug trafficking offense. Although the court did not specifically define”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “an abuse of discretion resulting in clear prejudice”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Even reviewing this issue under the plain error standard, there was simply no error in the district court's failure to give an instruction on the meaning of `carries.'”
    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.