United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “The government must clearly show that a firearm was possessed to advance or promote the commission of the underlying offense. The mere presence of a firearm in an area where a criminal act occurs is not a sufficient basis for imposing this particular mandatory sentence. Rather the government must illustrate through specific facts, which tie the defendant to the firearm, that the firearm was possessed to advance or promote the criminal activity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Nance

2. ““All three of the firearms were loaded; one of these weapons had been successfully converted into a fully automatic pistol; [ ] Johnson was engaging in the possession and distribution of marijuana, as evidenced by his notebook logs and other drug paraphernalia; and finally, the firearms were located within arms’ reach of the marijuana. We conclude that there was sufficient evidence to sustain Johnson’s conviction under § 924(c)(1)(A).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 93 F. App'x 845 - United States v. Johnson