Walker v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.3d 1012 · 2018
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Stromberg v. People of State of California · Murray v. United States · 135 S. Ct. 2551 - Johnson v. United States · Welch v. United States · 195 L. Ed. 2d 604 - Mathis 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“show by a preponderance of the evidence that the residual clause led the sentencing court to apply the ACCA enhancement.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he district court may consider 'the relevant background legal environment at the time of ... sentencing' to ascertain whether the movant was sentenced under the residual clause.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the residual clause offered the path of least analytical resistance.”
3 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.