United States v. Hebert’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.3d 551 · 2015
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1028A · 18 U.S.C. § 1111 · 18 U.S.C. § 1344 · 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553
Relies on United States v. Booker · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Gall v. United States · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Rita v. United States
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the sentencing court is in a better position to find facts and judge their import under the § 3553(a) factors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with [these] purposes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“successful Eighth Amendment challenges to prison-term lengths will be rare.”
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.