United States v. Saferstein’s Empirical Analysis
673 F.3d 237 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on United States v. Olano · United States v. Bertoli · American Eagle Outfitters v. Lyle & Scott Ltd. · United States v. Syme · O. Hommel Company v. Ferro Corporation
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, ... the court must address the defendant personally in open court. During this address, the court must inform the defendant of, and determine that the defendant understands the following: ... the terms of any plea-agreement provision waiving the right to appeal or to collaterally attack the sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a statement made by the sentencing court during the colloquy can create ambiguity where none exists in the plain text of the plea agreement.” Saferstein, 673 F.3d at 243 . 8 . The District Court’s jury instructions were correct in highlighting that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the approach set forth in [§ 1B1.11(b)(3)] should be followed regardless of whether the offenses of conviction are the type in which the conduct is grouped under § 3D1.2(d).”
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.