United States v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis
17 F.3d 27 · 1994
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently July 2017
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Oklahoma v. New Mexico · Mitan v. United States · Doe v. United States · United States v. Santiago · United States v. Perez-Franco
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a defendant is not required to volunteer, or affirmatively admit, relevant conduct beyond the offense of conviction in order to obtain a reduction under subsection (a). A defendant may remain silent in respect to relevant conduct beyond the offense of conviction without affecting his ability to obtain a reduction under this subsection.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“voluntary assistance to authorities in the recovery of the fruits and instrumentalities of the offense”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly demonstrates acceptance of responsibility for his offense.”
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.