United States v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis
536 F.2d 471 · 1976
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently November 2005
20 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. § 3651
Relies on United State v. Morgan · Barrett v. United States · Scalza v. United States · Berman v. United States · Dann v. Johnston
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“nor did it omit a term required to be imposed by statute; nor was the sentence one which the judgment of conviction did not authorize; nor was there any uncertainty as to the substance of the sentence. 17 Id. at 473 (citations omitted). In light of the stipulation entered in lieu of a special verdict and the mandatory nature of § 1963(a), we find that the forfeiture order was the necessary result of the jury's guilty verdict and is in no sense”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by any established criteria. It is not ambiguous with respect to the time and manner in which it is to be served; nor is it”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Probation and sentence are separate and distinct”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. EDEN
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.