United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
422 F.3d 715 · 2005
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably State v. Fagan (2006), United States v. Newson (2008)
33 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · United States v. Bagley · Taylor v. United States · Johnson v. United States · Shepard 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) If the defendant clearly demonstrates acceptance of responsibility for his offense, decrease the offense level by 2 levels. • (b) If the defendant qualifies for’a decrease under subsection (a), the offense level determined prior to the operation of subsection (a) is level 16 or greater, and upon motion of the government stating that ’the defendant has assisted authorities in the investigation or prosecution of his own misconduct by timely notifying authorities of his intention to enter a plea of guilty, thereby permitting the government to avoid preparing for trial and permitting the government and the court to allocate their resources efficiently, decrease-the offense level by 1 additional level.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“fortunate to receive a two-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a serious potential risk of physical injury to another”
1 later decision 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.