United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
905 F.2d 1296 · 1990
Citation profile
162 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 241 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably United States v. Flores-Payon (1991), United States v. Chapnick (1992)
162 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742
Relies on Leary v. United States · Tot v. United States · United States v. Romano · King v. Lynaugh · McLaughlin 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 241 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[T]he sentencing judge is in a unique position to evaluate the defendant's acceptance of responsibility,' and therefore her determination 'is entitled to great deference on review. We will not disturb the district court's determination unless it is without foundation.'”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if (1) there are 'exceptional circumstances' why the issue was not raised in the trial court, (2) the new issue arises while the appeal is pending because of a change in the law, or (3) the issue presented is purely one of law and the opposing party will suffer no prejudice as a result of the failure to raise the issue in the trial court.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well settled that '[a] party must raise an objection initially to the trial court to preserve it for appeal.'”
8 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.