United States v. Spinks’s Empirical Analysis
2023
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Applies 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Teeter · United States v. Anderson · United States v. McCoy · United States v. Miranda-Diaz · United States v. Ubiles-Rosario
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we glean the following relevant facts from the plea agreement, the undisputed sections of the presentence investigation report, and the transcripts of the change-of-plea and sentencing hearings.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a Salvadoran criminal organization.1 In furtherance of the RICO conspiracy, the indictment alleged that Vaquerano, with others, deliberately murdered Herson Rivas on July 30, 2018. In February 2021, Vaquerano pled guilty to the one-count indictment and, in so doing, admitted to murdering Rivas. Ahead of sentencing, the Probation Office prepared the presentence investigation report (”
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.