United States v. Nance’s Empirical Analysis
481 F.3d 882 · 2007
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably United States v. Priddy (2015), United States v. Stitt (2017)
13 federal appellate · 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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Shepard v. United States · Stirone v. United States · United States v. Webb · United States v. Williams · United States v. Hathaway
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Tennessee aggravated burglary represents a generic burglary capable of constituting a violent felony for ACCA purposes.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A person commits burglary who, without the effective consent of the property owner: (1) Enters a building other than a habitation (or any portion thereof) not open to the public, with intent to commit a felony, theft or assault; (2) Remains concealed, with the intent to commit a felony, theft or assault, in a building; (3) Enters a building and commits or attempts to commit a felony, theft or assault; or (4) Enters any freight or passenger car, automobile, truck, trailer, boat, airplane or other motor vehicle with intent to commit a felony, theft or assault or commits or attempts to commit a felony, theft or assault. (e) Burglary under subdivision (a)(1), (2) or (3) is a Class D felony. (d) Burglary under subdivision (a)(4) is a • Class E felony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“An amendment of the indictment occurs when the charging terms of the indictment are altered, either literally or in effect, by prosecutor or court after the grand jury has last passed upon them. A variance occurs when the charging terms of an indictment are left unaltered, but the evidence offered at trial proves facts materially different from those alleged in the indictment.”
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.