United States v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
12 F.3d 605 · 1993
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3559 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Brewster v. Derwinski · United States v. Alaska · White v. Illinois · Halas v. Department of Energy
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“principle that a defendant is entitled to have a jury of his peers determine whether or not he has committed a felony.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause a first offender cannot be guilty of a simple possession felony unless the amount of crack possessed exceeds five grams,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“amount possessed constitutes an element of the offense.”
3 later decisions 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.