United States v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis
636 F.3d 402 · 2011
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
February 2023
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3584
Relies on Gall v. United States · Dillon v. United States · United States v. Pirani · United States v. Lovelace · United States v. Hayes
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) there is an error; (2) the error is clear or obvious, rather than subject to reasonable dispute; (3) the error affected [the government’s] substantial rights, which in the ordinary case means it affected the outcome of the district court proceedings; and (4) the error seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In any other case involving an undischarged term of imprisonment, the sentence for the instant offense may be imposed to run concurrently, partially concurrently, or consecutively to the prior undischarged term of imprisonment to achieve a reasonable punishment for the instant offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f a term of imprisonment is imposed on a defendant who is already subject to an undischarged term of imprisonment, the terms may run concurrently or consecutively.”
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.