Affronti v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
220 federal appellate · 8 district · 36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 333 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2019 · most notably United States v. Robinson (1960), United States v. Addonizio (1979)
220 federal appellate · 8 district · 36 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedAffronti v. United States (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Ex parte United States · United States v. Murray · Phillips v. United States · Kirk v. United States
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 333 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Suspension of sentence and probation Upon entering a judgment of conviction of any offense not punishable by death or life imprisonment, any court having jurisdiction to try offenses against the United States when satisfied that the ends of justice and. the best interest of the public as well as the defendant will be served thereby, may suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and place the defendant on probation for such period and upon such terms and conditions as the court deems best. The court may revoke or modify any condition of probation, or may change the period of probation. The period of probation, together with any extension thereof, shall not exceed five years. 4c 4s 4s 4: sfc >fc”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the probationary power ceases with respect to all of the sentences immediately upon imprisonment for any part of the cumulative sentence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]ederal judicial power to permit probation springs solely from legislative action.”
3 later decisions 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.