107 F.3d -304 - United States v. Schaefer’s Empirical Analysis
107 F.3d 1280 · 1997
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3584 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Olano · United States v. Atkinson · Chapman v. Burton Berger & Associates · United States v. Silverstein · United States v. Poff
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hether a defendant has fully accepted responsibility for his offense is a finding of fact to be made by the trial court, and is based largely on the district judge's determinations regarding the defendant's credibility and conduct....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“specifically articulate the reasons why it believe[s] the particular case falls outside the Guidelines' `heartland.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“§ 5G1.3(a) [of the Sentencing Guidelines] creates a presumption in favor of a consecutive sentence,”
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.