United States v. Colbert’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.3d 718 · 2016
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 2518 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 3558 · 18 U.S.C. § 846 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Gall v. United States · Ewing v. California · United States v. Kahn · United States v. Feemster · United States v. Maxwell
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“And it goes on to allege facts supporting the conclusion that all of the charged offenses were connected to this single scheme: Reichel obtained money through wire fraud and tried to keep that money through bankruptcy fraud. Reichel was free to argue at trial that he had no such scheme, but the district court correctly looked to the allegations in the superseding indictment to determine that joinder was proper. Reichel also argues that the district court abused its discretion when it refused to sever the counts for trial under Rule 14. Rule 14 allows for severance at trial if joinder”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“But as we have repeatedly held, the necessity requirement does not mandate that the government 'exhaust all possible techniques before applying for a wiretap.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“normal investigative procedures have been tried and have failed or reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed if tried or to be too dangerous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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