United States v. Joyce’s Empirical Analysis
357 F.3d 921 · 2004
Citation profile
20 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably United States v. Watson (2009), United States v. Jeronimo (2005)
20 federal appellate ·
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
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2252A (§ 101 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3583 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 871 (Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000)
Relies on Webster v. Fall · United States v. Bolinger · Patricia Hart v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Administration · United States v. Rearden · United States v. Paul
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Despite the dual meaning of “sentence” in common usage, the statute that provides the only source of Joyce’s right to appeal is crystal clear. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (a)(3), a “sentence” can include fines, periods of imprisonment, and supervised release, and mandatory and special conditions of supervised release. That is the only statutory basis upon which Joyce may invoke the jurisdiction of this court to challenge any aspect of the sentence imposed, including an attack on specific conditions of his supervised release.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant’s waiver of his appellate rights is enforceable if the language of the waiver encompasses his right to appeal on the grounds raised, and if the waiver was knowingly and voluntarily made. Plea agreements are contracts between a defendant and the government, and we generally construe ambiguous language in favor of the defendant.” (internal citations omitted)). 7 . There was some discussion at oral argument regarding the applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (c), which provides that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We must recognize that the possession of child pornography, even by one who is not a purveyor, is harmful to child victims because it facilitates the illicit demand that leads to the exploitation and degradation of children for the benefit of child pornographers and those to whom they cater.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.