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899 F.2d 677 · 1990

Citation profile

72
cited by 72 later decisions
December 2006
most recently cited

57 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 924

Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Burgett v. Texas · Morgan v. United States · Robnett v. United States · Bratton 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[c]onvictions which the defendant shows to have been constitutionally invalid may not be counted in the criminal history score.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “it is not the obligation of this court to research and construct the legal arguments open to parties, especially when they are represented by counsel”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “evidence of the trial court's practice is precisely the evidence which the government will have at its disposal.”
    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.