United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
653 F.3d 337 · 2011
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 21 U.S.C. § 856 (§ 416 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Marks v. United States · Turner v. Rogers · Freeman v. United States · A.T. Massey Coal Co. v. Massanari
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a district court can always grant § 3582(c)(2) relief to a defendant who enters into a Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement”) (emphasis added); United States v. Rivera-Martinez, 665 F.3d 344 , 347 (1st Cir.2011) (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a specific sentence or sentencing range is the appropriate disposition of the case, or that a particular provision of the Sentencing Guidelines, or policy statement, or sentencing factor does or does not apply.” Fed. R.Crim.P. 11(c)(1)(C). Once the court accepts the plea agreement,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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