United States v. Head’s Empirical Analysis
178 F.3d 1205 · 1999
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably United States v. Stewart (2002), United States v. Auld (2003)
14 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. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Melendez v. United States · United States v. Padilla · United States v. Maurice · United States v. Hayes · United States v. Luiz
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here a statutorily required minimum sentence is greater than the maximum of the applicable guideline range, the statutorily required minimum sentence shall be the guideline sentence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court shall impose a sentence pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission ... without regard to any statutory minimum sentence. " 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (emphasis added). By contrast, subsection (e) grants courts "[l]imited authority to impose a sentence below a statutory minimum. " 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) (emphasis added). It nowhere states that this sentence shall be imposed "without regard to any statutory minimum sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Upon motion of the Government, the court shall have the authority to impose a sentence below a level established by statute as a minimum sentence so as to reflect a defendant’s substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense. Such sentence shall be imposed in accordance with the guidelines and policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission.”
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.