United States v. DeCicco’s Empirical Analysis
899 F.2d 1531 · 1990
Citation profile
94 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions — most recently April 2010 · most notably United States v. Dietz (1991), United States v. Anderson (1991)
94 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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. § 1342 · 18 U.S.C. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 2314 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742
Relies on United States v. Daughtrey · Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe · United States v. Mejia-Orosco · United States v. Franz · United States v. Herrera
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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“five or more participants or was otherwise extensive.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Based on the defendant's role in the offense, increase the offense level as follows: (a) If the defendant was an organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive, increase by 4 levels. (b) If the defendant was a manager or supervisor (but not an organizer or leader) and the criminal activity involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive, increase by 3 levels.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he test for reversal on appeal is `whether, looking at the total circumstances surrounding the plea, the defendant was informed of his or her rights.'”
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.