United States v. Garcia’s Empirical Analysis
66 F.3d 851 · 1995
Citation profile
72 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently November 2010 · most notably United States v. Taylor (1995), United States of America v. Guy J. Westmoreland (2001)
72 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. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Stinson v. United States · Yagow v. United States · San Vicente Medical Partners, Ltd. v. Orr · United States v. White
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only if, after reviewing the entire evidence, we are left 'with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] district court is entitled to credit even testimony that 'is totally uncorroborated and comes from an admitted liar, convicted felon, large scale drug-dealing, paid government informant.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On numerous occasions, we have held that the clearly erroneous standard applies to estimates of drug quantities made for sentencing purposes because the district court, as the trier of fact, not only has the authority but is in the best position to determine the amount of narcotics attributable to the [defendant].”
5 later decisions 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.