United States of America v. Scott M. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
268 F.3d 533 · 2001
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably United States v. George (2005), United States v. Randle (2003)
29 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 3663A (§ 204 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Bousley v. United States · United States v. Broce · Hughey v. United States · Mabry v. Johnson · United States v. Mezzanatto
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if agreed to by the parties in a plea agreement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to pay restitution for all losses relating to the offense of conviction and all losses covered by the same course of conduct or common scheme or plan as the offense of conviction. The exact restitution figure will be agreed upon by the parties prior to sentencing or, if the parties are unable to agree upon a specific figure, restitution will be determined by the Court at sentencing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“appears to believe that he can have the benefits of the plea agreement (four counts dismissed, reduced time in prison) without the detriments. That's not an option. The whole plea agreement stands, or the whole thing falls.”
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.