United States v. Pearson’s Empirical Analysis
911 F.2d 186 · 1990
Citation profile
37 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553
Relies on Nicholas v. United States · Dade County v. Lake Lucerne Civic Ass'n · United States v. Diaz-Villafane · United States v. Roberson · United States v. Rodriguez
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[D]eparture is permissible if 'the court finds that there exists an aggravating or mitigating circumstance of a kind, or to a degree, not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission in formulating the guidelines that should result in a sentence different from that described.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“additional punishment declines as the number of additional offenses increases.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he district court relied on at least four additional offenses, and four uncounted victims makes this an 'unusual case' resulting in a total of 'significantly more than five units.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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