United States v. Brunk’s Empirical Analysis
615 F.2d 210 · 1980
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Pinkerton v. United States · Abney v. United States · United States v. Stricklin · United States v. Marable
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“With rare exceptions, conspiracy to commit a crime and the crime itself are separate offenses, outside the restraints of the double jeopardy clause. Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 , 643-44, 66 S.Ct. 1180 , 1181-82, 90 L.Ed. 1489 (1946); United States v. Mock, 604 F.2d 341 , 344 (5th Cir.1979). We have opined that this maxim is especially accurate when the drug named in the conspiracy count is not the same as the drug in the substantive count. United States v. Dunbar, 591 F.2d at 1192 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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