United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
643 F.3d 802 · 2011
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Begay v. United States · Sykes v. United States · Sykes v. United States · State v. Coyote · United States v. McConnell
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally: (3) flees from a law enforcement officer after the officer has, by visible or audible means, identified himself and ordered the person to stop; commits resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (b). (b) The offense under subsection (a) is a: (1) Class D felony if: (A) the offense is described in subsection (a)(3) and the person uses a vehicle to commit the offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Court stated that the Indiana offense was not excluded from the residual clause by the exception set forth in Begay v. United States, 553 U.S. 137 [ 128 S.Ct. 1581 , 170 L.Ed.2d 490 ] (2008), for “strict liability, negligence, and recklessness crime[s]” even when they present serious risks of physical injury; it explained that the Indiana statute had the “stringent mens rea requirement” that the defendant act “knowingly or intentionally.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(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.”
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.