United States v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis
763 F.3d 322 · 2014
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 3558 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 955 · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Gall v. United States · Kotteakos v. United States · Davis v. Alaska
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ha[s] sufficient indicia of reliability to support its probable accuracy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f a defendant disputes a fact included in the presentence investigation report, the sentencing court must either resolve that dispute or state that it will not rely on the disputed fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“influenced] the sentencing judge’s discretion in imposing an advisory Guidelines sentence” and resulted in a sentence”
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.