United States v. Crews’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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. “any offense under federal or state law, punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, that— (1) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another, or (2) is burglary of a dwelling, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Park · United States v. Lee

2. “We have trouble imagining a circumstance in which a person could knowingly use a dangerous weapon without intending to do so. Indeed, Crews has not provided any case in which an individual who knowingly engaged in an assault by means of a deadly or dangerous weapon acted without the intent to cause harm. In short, convictions involving knowing use of a deadly weapon typically involve “purposeful” conduct within the meaning of Begay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. United States v. Vanhook

3. “We have trouble imaging a circumstance in which a person could knowingly use a dangerous weapon to assault another person without intending to do so.”). . As previously noted, Defendant had a substantial number of convictions for felony Attempt to Elude. Felony Attempt to Elude was considered a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 162 F. Supp. 3d 1106 - United States v. Dunlap