In re Sealed Case’s Empirical Analysis
204 F.3d 1170 · 2000
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on United States v. Olano · United States v. Frady · United States v. Saro · United States v. Ortez · United States v. Beckham
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“from the perspective of the trial court, the claimed error was so plain that the trial judge and prosecutor were derelict in countenancing it, even absent the defendant's timely assistance in detecting it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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