United States v. Torrellas’s Empirical Analysis
455 F.3d 96 · 2006
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably United States v. Garcia (2009), United States v. Pattee (2016)
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Olano · McCarthy v. United States · United States v. Dominguez Benitez · United States v. Vonn · Henderson v. Morgan
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the error seriously affected the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) there was error, (2) the error was plain, ... (3) the error prejudicially affected [the defendant's] substantial rights,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Before the court accepts a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the defendant may be placed under oath, and the court must address the defendant personally in open court. During this address, the court must inform the defendant of, and determine that the defendant understands, the following: ... (G) the nature of each charge to which the defendant is pleading.”
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.