United States v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
676 F.3d 3 · 2012
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Anders v. California · United States v. Olano · Shepard v. United States · Begay v. United States · United States v. Turbides-Leonardo
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the legal definition of the crime and not the defendant's particular conduct in committing the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the defendant was at least eighteen years old at the time the defendant committed the instant offense of conviction; (2) the instant offense of conviction is a felony that is either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense; and (3) the defendant has at least two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If, after examination of the[] permissible documents, it is impossible to tell whether the defendant was convicted of a violent or non-violent offense, the conviction may not serve as a predicate offense.”
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.