United States v. Velasquez’s Empirical Analysis
136 F.3d 921 · 1998
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably United States of America v. Javier Guadalupe Izaguirre-Losoya (2000), United States v. Hurlich (2002)
15 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3584 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Lovett v. United States · CMC Heartland Partners v. Union Pacific Railroad · Webster v. United States · United States v. McCarthy · United States v. Keppler
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) If ... the undischarged term of imprisonment resulted from offense(s) that have been fully taken into account in the determination of the offense level for the instant offense, the sentence for the instant offense shall be imposed to run concurrently to the undischarged term of imprisonment. (c) (Policy Statement) In any other case, the sentence for the instant offense may be imposed to run concurrently, partially concurrently, or consecutively to the prior undischarged term of imprisonment to achieve a reasonable punishment for the instant offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]othing in the language of [section 5G1.3(c)] or its Commentary requires district courts to make specific findings with respect to any or all of the factors listed in the Commentary or [18 U.S.C.] S 3553(a).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reasonable incremental punishment for the instant offense;”
2 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.