United States v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “The major viable justification for according an accused the right of allocution is its therapeutic value. ABA Project in Minimum Standards for Criminal Justice, Sentencing Alternatives and Procedures 225 (Approved Draft 1968). It affords an accused the opportunity to participate personally in his trial, and assuage any bitterness or suspicions he may harbor regarding the fairness of the proceedings. It may therefore serve as an early step toward rehabilitation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Gagnon