United States v. Sloan’s Empirical Analysis
65 F.3d 861 · 1995
Citation profile
33 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Wacker (1995), United States v. Ivy (1996)
33 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Carolco Television Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co. · Anderson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · United States v. Deninno · United States v. Robinson
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here the evidence against a defendant is overwhelming, any error in mentioning a defendant's criminal record is harmless”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“In determining the quantity of drugs involved, the government is not limited to the amount ... for which a defendant was convicted, and a defendant is responsible for 'all quantities ... with which he was directly involved.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The credibility of a witness whose testimony is relied upon at sentencing is for the sentencing court to analyze.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.