United States v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 807 · 1973
Citation profile
65 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2005 · most notably Simpson v. United States (1978), United States v. Terry (1983)
65 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Glasser v. United States · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Roviaro v. United States · Massiah 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) uses a firearm to commit any felony for which he may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, or (2) carries a firearm unlawfully during the commission of any felony for which he may be prosecuted in a court of the United States. shall, in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less that one- year nor more than ten years. In the case of his second or subsequent conviction under .this subsection, such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than two nor more than twenty-five years and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not suspend the sentence in the case of a second or subsequent conviction of such person or give him a probationary sentence, nor shall the term of imprisonment imposed under this subsection run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed for the commission of such felony.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"While [Defendant’s] participation may have been limited to 'a single act’, as she contends, that act was the consummation of the crimes charged and the jury could reasonably have inferred that [Defendant] knowingly and intentionally participated in the conspiracy.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Thus, the legislative history plainly shows that carrying a firearm, without using it, during the commission of a fed eral felony, violates section 924(c)(2) only if possession of the firearm is itself unlawful.”
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.