United States v. Burrell’s Empirical Analysis
289 F.3d 220 · 2002
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Negron v. United States · Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · United States v. Arvizu · United States v. Thomas
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“convicted of two crimes and the sentence to be imposed on the count carrying the maximum penalty [wa]s less than the total punishment mandated by the Guidelines.” Burrell, 289 F.3d at 225 . Accordingly, the District Court was required to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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