Whyte v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
807 F.3d 463 · 2015
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Shepard v. United States · Leocal v. Ashcroft · Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez · Descamps v. United States · Johnson v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]here must be a realistic probability, not a theoretical possibility,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“‘legal imagination’ in positing what minimum, conduct could hypothetically support a conviction under [a statute.]” See Whyte, 807 F.3d at 467 (quoting Gonzales, 549 U.S. at 193 , 127 S.Ct. 815 ). A defendant must”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a person could intentionally cause physical injury by 'telling the victim he can safely back his car out while knowing an approaching car driven by an independently acting third party will hit the victim.'”
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.