United States v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
906 F.2d 139 · 1990
Citation profile
25 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably United States v. Mergerson (1993), United States v. Sanders (1991)
25 federal appellate ·
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. § 3742
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Cordeiro v. United States · United States v. Mejia-Orosco · United States v. Buenrostro · United States v. Justice
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“full, complete, and truthful statement to law enforcement authorities....'' Id. The Government subsequently remedied the situation by moving for a downward departure in the event that the district court found substantial compliance by the defendant. Id. at 142 . The district court denied the Government’s motion because the defendant provided false statements during debriefing. Id. We remarked that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) If the defendant clearly demonstrates a recognition and affirmative acceptance of personal responsibility for his criminal conduct, reduce the offense level by 2 levels. (b) A defendant may be given consideration under this section without regard to whether his conviction is based upon a guilty plea or a finding of guilt by the court or jury or the practical certainty of conviction at trial.”
1 later decision 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.