United States v. Mulkern’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Terry v. Ohio · Shepard v. United States · United States v. Robinson · Francis v. Franklin
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“consider factors 'such as whether the inadequately preserved arguments are purely legal, are amenable to resolution without additional factfinding, are susceptible to resolution without causing undue prejudice, are highly convincing, are capable of repetition, and implicate matters of significant public concern.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[T]he 'core concerns of Rule 11,' whether the plea was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, are the most important when reviewing a district court's denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that an argument at best entitled to plain error review [is] waived where the appellant made no attempt to satisfy that standard in his opening brief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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