United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Puckett v. United States · United States v. Vonn · United States v. Dietz · United States v. Cotal-Crespo · United States v. Piper
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“knowledge of the consequences of a guilty plea”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]here a defendant's claim would fail even if reviewed for plain error, we have often declined to decide whether the defendant's failure to raise the issue below constituted waiver or mere forfeiture.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When the issue is preserved, 'we review the district court's denial of . . . a motion [to withdraw a guilty plea] solely for abuse of discretion.'”
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.