United States v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
714 F.3d 809 · 2013
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3663 · 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (§ 204 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Johnson v. United States · Hughey v. United States · Irizarry v. United States · United States of America v. Christian Ubakanma · United States v. Broughton-Jones
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.
“Like Blake's credit card theft, Davis's burglary and theft of the firearm represent "necessary step[s] in the accomplishment of his objective," here, possession of a stolen firearm. But like Blake, "the factual connection between" these "necessary step[s]" and Davis's offense of conviction "is legally irrelevant for the purpose of restitution."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a person directly and proximately harmed as a result of the commission of an offense for which restitution may be ordered including, in the case of an offense that involves as an element a scheme, conspiracy, or pattern of criminal activity, any person directly harmed by the defendant’s criminal conduct in the course of the scheme, conspiracy, or. pattern.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the elements of the crime to which Blake pled guilty (using the stolen cards) did not 'include the theft of the credit cards,' and thus, 'the loss to the robbery victims was not caused by Blake's offense of conviction.'”
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.