United States v. Cabrera’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Ocasio · United States v. Stuart · United States v. Martinez-Vargas · 129 F. Supp. 2d 77 - United States v. Lora · 16 F. Supp. 2d 36 - United States v. Costello
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“False uniformity occurs when we treat equally individuals who are not remotely equal because we permit a single consideration ... to mask other important factors.”). Even when a charged crime is the same, the manner in which it was committed, the degree of culpability, and the background of the defendant are often very different. In other words, sometimes deviations from the Guidelines — and not its mechanical application — are actually needed to achieve true sentencing uniformity. 10 . I do not find that Docampo’s bravado boasting to his co-conspirators that he was”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“explained how drug quantity is meant to measure offense seriousness, and significantly, how it correlates with the purposes of sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the result would be a classic case of false uniformity.”
2 later decisions 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.