United States v. Patch’s Empirical Analysis
2021
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Applies 21 U.S.C. § 856 (§ 416 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Gall v. United States · Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich Collieries · Molina-Martinez v. United States · United States v. Sepulveda · United States v. Duarte
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it reasonably can be assumed that 'criminals rarely welcome innocent persons as witnesses to serious crimes and rarely seek to perpetrate felonies before larger-than- necessary audiences.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Typically, we give the language used in guideline provisions its plain and ordinary meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In common parlance, the word 'participation' means 'taking part with others in an activity.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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