United States v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions

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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the defendant qualifies for a decrease under subsection (a), the offense level determined prior to the operation of subsection (a) is level 16 or greater, and upon motion of the government stating that the defendant has assisted authorities in the investigation or prosecution of his own misconduct by timely notifying authorities of his intention to enter a plea of guilty, thereby permitting the government to avoid preparing for trial and permitting the government and the court to allocate their resources efficiently.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Capozzi

2. “The defendant must present objective evidence of an improper motive or arbitrary action to overcome the government's decision not to file a § 3E1.1(b) motion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Hamilton

3. “Whereas forfeiture is the failure to make the timely assertion of a right, waiver is the intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. U.S. v. White