United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
594 F.3d 259 · 2010
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1111 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Gall v. United States · Taylor v. United States · Shepard v. United States · McKeiver v. Pennsylvania
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“engaged in a 'reckless firing of the firearm, a random firing with the intent to hurt someone '”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“tracks the generic definition of burglary set forth by the Supreme Court in Taylor”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“perfectly foreseeable that someone w[ill] be killed”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.