United States v. Bringier’s Empirical Analysis
405 F.3d 310 · 2005
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (§ 1352 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 5324 (§ 1354 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986)
Relies on United States v. Booker · United States v. Olano · Johnson v. United States · United States v. Cotton · Kastigar 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 168 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““I do not know that the testimony at the trial ever made it, nailed it down, but I suspect-and I think you probably suspect as well-that your activities led to the death of your wife and child. I just think it is, you know, a tragedy, you know, a waste of a young man that could have been many things. I do not know what to tell you other than this is the — even though it is a harsh sentence of 30 years, that is the lowest sentence that I could give you. Your convictions on these counts could have carried a life sentence, but I do not see any reason to sentence you beyond the minimum.” Id. at 317 n. 4.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"Unlike Shelton, the sentencing judge here did not lament over the sentence he imposed, nor did he state that the sentence is ‘more than appropriate’ or 'too severe.' Instead, he merely acknowledged the sentence was harsh. In addition, the fact that the sentencing judge imposed the minimum sentence under the Guideline range (360 months) alone is no indication that the judge would have reached a different conclusion under an advisory scheme.” United States v. Bringier, 405 F.3d 310 , 318 n. 4 (5th Cir.2005)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that the sentencing judge would have reached a different result had it sentenced [him] under an advisory scheme rather than a mandatory one.” Id. 8 . United States v. Rodriguez-Gutierrez, 428 F.3d 201, 202-205 (5th Cir.2005). 9 . Id. at 205-06 . 10 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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