United States v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis
53 F.3d 1321 · 1995
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2023 · most notably United States v. Vonn (2002), United States of America v. Juan Martinez (2002)
16 federal appellate · 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. § 1958
Relies on United States v. Olano · McCarthy v. United States · Daniel Loconte v. Richard Dugger, Robert A. Butterworth · United States v. Pollard · United States v. Grewal
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ny deviation from the requirements of Rule 11 is reversible [on direct appeal after sentencing] unless the government demonstrates that it was 'harmless'.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the absence of contemporaneous objection does not trigger “plain error” analysis, under which the appellant would have to show that the error was “clear” and to carry the burden of proof on prejudice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“acknowledged having reviewed the [PSI] and even registered specific objections”
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.