United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
500 F.3d 27 · 2007
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3143 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3146 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3156 (§ 201 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 18 U.S.C. § 3559 · 18 U.S.C. § 3583
Relies on United States v. Booker · Rita v. United States · Sells v. United States · Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc. · Rector Etc of Holy Trinity Church 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The punishment for an offense under this section is— (A) if the person was released in connection with a charge of, or while awaiting sentence, surrender for service of sentence, or appeal or certiorari after conviction for— (i) an offense punishable by death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a term of 15 years or more, a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both; (ii) an offense punishable by imprisonment for a term of five years or more, a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both; (iii) any other felony, a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both; or (iv) a misdemeanor, a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he language that Congress chose (‘if the person was released in connection with a charge of), by its plain terms, applies to an individual on supervised release in connection with the charge,underlying the supervised release”
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.