United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
342 F.3d 731 · 2003
Citation profile
21 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. LaBonte · United States v. Kikumura · United States v. Shannon · United States v. Hopper · United States v. Masters
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Self-incriminating statements ... clearly against [a defendant's] penal interest, have long been considered reliable enough for use at trial, so we cannot say that they are too unreliable for use at sentencing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no one [is] more qualified than the dealer himself to put a number on the amounts of [drugs] he was purchasing and reselling.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“due process considerations may, at some point, require a greater showing for a dramatic increase”
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.