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United States v. Sinclair’s Empirical Analysis

770 F.3d 1148 · 2014

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 2025
most recently cited

8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)

Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · Ungar v. Sarafite · Wheat v. United States · Morris v. Slappy · United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez

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

  1. “[w]hen one of the counts embodies conduct that is treated as a specific offense characteristic in, or other adjustment to, the guideline applicable to another of the counts.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Grouping rules are applied after the offense level has been calculated for each separate offense in the case.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “a significant factor weighing against granting a continuance.”
    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.