United States v. Lemaster’s Empirical Analysis
403 F.3d 216 · 2005
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably United States v. Blick (2005), United States v. Archie (2014)
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Blackledge v. Allison · Fontaine v. United States · United States v. Marin · United States v. Wiggins · United States of America v. Tommy Don Cockerham
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n the absence of extraordinary circumstances, the truth of sworn statements made during a Rule 11 [plea] colloquy is conclusively established, and a district court, should, without holding an evidentiary hearing, dismiss any § 2255 motion that necessarily relies on allegations that contradict the sworn statements.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a criminal defendant may waive his right to attack his conviction and sentence collaterally, so long as the waiver is knowing and voluntary”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“narrow class of claims that we have allowed a defendant to raise on direct appeal despite a general waiver of appellate rights,”
2 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.