United States v. Behler’s Empirical Analysis
14 F.3d 1264 · 1994
Citation profile
55 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably United States v. Flores (1996), United States v. Zimmer (2002)
55 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. § 3501 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Edwards v. Arizona · Remmer v. United States · United States v. Gagnon · United States v. Miller · Wright v. Wright
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“consider any evidence in its sentencing determination as long as it has sufficient indicia of reliability to support its probable accuracy.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'may be rebutted, where ... the proper reaction of the court establishes that the defendant has not been prejudiced.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the defendant is sentenced under the Guidelines in effect at the time of sentencing when those Guidelines produce a sentence harsher than one permitted under the Guidelines in effect at the time that crime is committed.”
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.