United States v. Sparrow’s Empirical Analysis
673 F.2d 862 · 1982
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably United States v. Bruchey (1987), United States v. Riascos-Suarez (1996)
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
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. § 5005 · 18 U.S.C. § 5010 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Dorszynski v. United States · Liotta v. National Forge Co. · United States v. Espinoza · United States v. Daniels
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even where the judge satisfies the specifics of Rule 32, we must still assure ourselves that the compliance was not merely in form.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Although the District Court uttered the magic words (“I do not think that he will profit by treatment as a juvenile”), their mere incantation does not suffice to ward off the evil spirits of appellate review.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even if what Sparrow intended to say would not influence the judge, under Rule 32 the District Court is required to address the defendant personally, an obligation that it failed to comply with in this case.”
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.