United States v. Morillo’s Empirical Analysis
8 F.3d 864 · 1993
Citation profile
162 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 212 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably United States v. Sepulveda (1993), United States v. Turbides-Leonardo (2006)
162 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Rosenberg v. Comerica Bank · Austin Products Co. v. Workers' Compensation Insurers Rating Association of Minnesota · Wright v. Wright · Associated Grocers, Inc. v. Washington
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 212 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) timely provides complete information to the government concerning his own involvement in the offense; or (2) timely notifies authorities of his intention to enter a plea of guilty, thereby permitting the government to avoid preparing for trial and permitting the court to allocate its resources efficiently.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]acts contained in a presentence report ordinarily are considered reliable evidence for sentencing purposes”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hether a defendant 'clearly demonstrates a recognition and affirmative acceptance of personal responsibility' is a fact-dominated issue, and the district court's decision to withhold a reduction in the offense level will not be overturned unless clearly erroneous.”
5 later decisions 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.