United States v. Green’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(A) the defendant was convicted upon a plea of guilty; (B) the defendant was convicted after a trial before the court sitting without a jury; (C) the jury that determined the defendant’s guilt was discharged for good cause; or (D) after initial imposition of a sentence under this section, reconsideration of the sentence under this section is necessary. ...”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Green · 376 F. Supp. 2d 787 - United States v. Young

2. “The capital defendants have a substantial defense — whether the Esmond Street Posse is a gang at all, and whether whatever it is meets the requirements of RICO. While many defendants may make similar claims, these defendants have support for their position in Judge Wolfs findings in Modlin. See Green, 324 F.Supp.2d at 321 n. 16. Moreover, even if Esmond Street were found to be a gang and a racketeering enterprise, the defendants’ submissions suggest that there will be defenses to the claim that the murders at issue were in furtherance of that enterprise, or motivated by some other concern.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 348 F. Supp. 2d 1 - United States v. Green

3. “I will impanel a jury to decide guilVinno-cence and, if necessary, a separate jury to decide penalty. I will ‘death-qualify’ only the latter jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 348 F. Supp. 2d 1 - United States v. Green