United States v. Sciarrino’s Empirical Analysis
884 F.2d 95 · 1989
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently August 2014 · most notably United States v. Kikumura (1990), United States v. Beaulieu (1990)
52 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 3661 (Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Williams v. People of State of New York · United States v. Tucker · Townsend v. Burke · United States v. Grayson · Roberts 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the background, character, and conduct of a person convicted of an offense which a court of the United States may receive and consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a matter of due process ... the enactment of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 requires no different rules with respect to what evidence may be used in determining a sentence than were already in place.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the guidelines sentencing limits the exercise of judicial discretion, ... it does not follow that due process requires a different rule with respect to hearsay.”
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.