United States v. Evidente’s Empirical Analysis
894 F.2d 1000 · 1990
Citation profile
220 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 751 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · Train v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Buenrostro · United States v. Franz
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 248 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mitigating circumstance of a kind, or to a degree, not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission in formulating the guidelines.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is not empowered ... to review a sentencing court's exercise of its discretion to refrain from departing either upward or downward from the range established by the applicable guideline.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant may file a notice of appeal in the district court for review of an otherwise final sentence if the sentence— (1) was imposed in violation of law; (2) was imposed as a result of an incorrect application of the sentencing guidelines; (3) is greater than the sentence specified in the applicable guideline range ...; or (4) was imposed for an offense for which there is no sentencing guideline and is plainly unreasonable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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