United States v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.3d 149 · 2008
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably United States v. Cavera (2008), United States v. Broxmeyer (2012)
19 federal appellate ·
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. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · Rita v. United States · Sells v. United States · United States v. Crosby · Melendez 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(e) Limited authority to impose a sentence below a statutory minimum. — Upon motion of the Government, the court shall have the authority to impose a sentence below a level established by statute as a minimum sentence so as to reflect a defendant’s substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense. Such sentence shall be imposed in accordance with the guidelines and policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to section 994 of title 28, United States Code.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]ection 5Kl.l(a) may guide the district court when it selects a sentence below the statutory minimum.” Melendez v. United States, 518 U.S. 120, 129 , 116 S.Ct. 2057 , 135 L.Ed.2d 427 (1996); see also Richardson, 521 F.3d at 159 ("Although by itself § 5K1.1 may not be used to effectuate a departure below a statutory minimum sentence, its factors are instructive in determining the maximum permissible extent of a departure below the statutory minimum pursuant to § 3553(e).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]ection 5Kl.l(a) may guide the district court when it selects a sentence below the statutory minimum.” Melendez v. United States, 518 U.S. 120, 129 , 116 S.Ct. 2057 , 135 L.Ed.2d 427 (1996); see also Richardson, 521 F.3d at 159 (”
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.