United States v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
609 F.3d 495 · 2010
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Agnello v. United States · Walder v. United States · United States v. Havens · United States v. Cavera
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) the overall strength of the prosecu-ion's ease; (2) the prosecutor's conduct with respect to the improperly admitted viclence; (3) the importance of the Trongly admitted evidence; and (4) Thether such evidence was cumulative f other properly admitted evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a district court makes a finding of fact with respect to the amount of drugs attributable to a defendant, we review that finding for clear error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We have frequently stated that the strength of the government's case is the most critical factor in assessing whether error was harmless.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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