United States v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
49 F.3d 109 · 1995
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 853 (§ 413 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Golden Pacific Bancorp v. United States · United States v. Lieberman · United States v. Bierley · United States v. Newby · United States v. Mohammed
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a sentencing court may depart downward when the circumstances of a case demonstrate a degree of acceptance of responsibility that is substantially in excess of that ordinarily present.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts have recognized that a defendant's ameliorative post-arrest conduct may justify a departure even though section 3E1.1 rewards acceptance of responsibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] discretionary decision by the trial judge that a departure is not justified is not reviewable.”
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.