United States v. Sinclair’s Empirical Analysis
770 F.3d 1148 · 2014
Citation profile
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.
“[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“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“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.