Goode v. Markley’s Empirical Analysis
603 F.2d 973 · 1979
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently June 2016 · most notably Martin v. Malhoyt (1987), Chatman-Bey v. Thornburgh (1988)
35 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 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. § 4082 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · United States v. Ewell · United States v. Addonizio · United States v. Mauro · District of Columbia v. Carter
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[v]iolations of the District of Columbia Code and violations of the United States Code are all crimes against a single sovereign, namely, the United States”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the maximum and the minimum term of imprisonment for time spent in custody, or on parole ..., as a result of the offense for which [that] sentence was imposed.” D.C. Code § 24-221.03 (a). To the extent that petitioner is challenging the lawfulness of the Commission’s aggregation of the consecutive sentences to determine his parole eligibility, see P'et'r's Reply at 3-4, the Court of Appeals long ago concluded that such claims "are patently frivolous and without the requisite semblance of a foundation in law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Whenever confined and serving a definite term or terms of more than one year, a prisoner shall be eligible for release on parole' after serving one-third of such term or terms or after serving ten years of a life sentence or of a sentence of over thirty years, except to the extent otherwise provided by law.”
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.