United States v. Byrd’s Empirical Analysis
116 F.3d 770 · 1997
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3565 · 18 U.S.C. § 3583 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Olano · United States v. Frady · Weaver v. Graham · Miller v. Florida · United States v. Granderson
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial judge and prosecutor were derelict in countenancing [them], even absent the defendant's timely assistance in detecting [them]”
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.