United States v. Darden’s Empirical Analysis
539 F.3d 116 · 2008
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Taylor v. United States · Begay v. United States · Danforth v. Minnesota · United States v. RLC
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), Congress chose to rely on the “maximum term of imprisonment ... prescribed” by state law as the measure of the seriousness of state offenses involving the manufacture, distribution, or possession of illegal drugs. Congress presumably thought — not without reason — that if state lawmakers provide that a crime is punishable by 10 years’ imprisonment, the lawmakers must regard the crime as “serious,” and Congress chose to defer to the state lawmakers’ judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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