United States v. Affleck’s Empirical Analysis
861 F.2d 97 · 1988
Citation profile
51 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably United States v. Dunn (1991), United States v. Schoolcraft (1989)
51 federal appellate ·
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 18 U.S.C. § 1202 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · United States v. Bowdach · United States v. Davis
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`because [Section] 924(e)(1) does not create a separate offense but is merely a sentence enhancement provision,' neither the statute nor the Constitution requires a jury finding on the existence of the three previous felony convictions required for the enhancement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Traditional sentencing factors need not be pleaded....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.