United States v. Goodwin’s Empirical Analysis
717 F.3d 511 · 2013
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Illinois Central District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993) · 18 U.S.C. § 2250 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3559 · 18 U.S.C. § 3583 · 42 U.S.C. § 16901 (Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006) · 42 U.S.C. § 16911 · 42 U.S.C. § 16913
Relies on Gall v. United States · Rita v. United States · Shepard v. United States · Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Sells v. United States
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The inclusion of material that “alludes to” sexual activity within Condition 6’s purview is particularly problematic. This dictate goes beyond a ban on the possession of pornography. If read literally, the inclusion of this term could block Goodwin from possessing much of the Western literary canon — or arguably even from possessing a slip copy of this opinion. Such a deprivation of liberty certainly would be greater than is reasonably necessary to achieve the goals of supervised release.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“U.S.S.G. § 5D1.2(b)(2) is inapplicable to his offense, that the [PSR] erroneously relied on this Guideline in recommending a life term of supervised release, and that the district court’s sentencing him to a life term of supervised release under the incorrect assumption that this sentence was within the advisory Guidelines constitutes plain error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Since the district court’s determinations regarding the length of the supervisory period and any conditions imposed on Goodwin during' this period may involve interrelated decisions, a reassessment of- one of these elements may provide cause for giving a second look to the entire supervisory regime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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