United States v. Barnerd’s Empirical Analysis
887 F.2d 841 · 1989
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently June 2014 · most notably United States v. Bradley (1990), United States v. Luster (1990)
35 federal appellate · 2 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 991
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Mistretta v. United States · United States v. Fatico · United States v. Nunley · United States v. Brittman
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“hits” of LSD at the second transaction, he only sold 3800 units. We also note that the calculation of the base offense level was calculated on one-half ounce of mushrooms, and not on the one-quarter pound Hawkins offered to sell. 4 . Section 6A1.3(a) of the Guidelines provides that “[w]hen any factor important to the sentencing determination is reasonably in dispute, the parties shall be given an adequate opportunity to present information to the court regarding the factor.” The commentary to the section states that in resolving disputes, "[t]he sentencing court must determine the appropriate procedure in light of the nature of the dispute, its relevance to the sentencing determination, and applicable case law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a right to trial by jury on each fact that results in an increase in a sentence,”
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.