United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
891 F.2d 209 · 1989
Citation profile
42 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently October 2021 · most notably United States v. Reese (1993), United States v. Sanchez (1990)
42 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. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 751
Relies on Mistretta v. United States · Missouri v. Hunter · In re Disbarment of Sacco · Gubiensio-Ortiz v. Kanahele · United States v. Ofchinick
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'does no more than prevent the sentencing court from prescribing greater punishment than the legislature intended.'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is only being punished for one crime ... with the sentence understandably affected by [his] criminal history.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“4. £ 4Al.l(d). Two points are added if the defendant committed any part of the instant offense (i.e., any relevant conduct) while under any criminal justice sentence, including probation, parole, supervised release, imprisonment, work release, or escape status. 5. £ 4Al.l(e). Two points are added if the defendant committed any part of the instant offense (i.e., any relevant conduct) less than two years following release from confinement on a sentence counted under § 4Al.l(a) or (b). This also applies if the defendant committed the instant offense while still in confinement on such a sentence. However, if two points are added under § 4Al.l(d), only one point is added under § 4Al.l(e).”
2 later decisions 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.