United States v. Suarez’s Empirical Analysis
879 F.3d 626 · 2018
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · United States v. Olano · Glasser v. United States · Puckett v. United States · Johnson 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.
“seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A conviction, especially one accompanied by an accomplice instruction, may be sustained on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice so long as 'the testimony is not incredible or otherwise insubstantial on its face.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a reasonable trier of fact [to] conclude ... the elements of the offense were established beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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.