United States v. Singleton’s Empirical Analysis
917 F.2d 411 · 1990
Citation profile
48 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742
Relies on Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania v. Ben Cooper, Inc. · United States v. Rigby · United States v. Montenegro-Rojo · United States v. Nuno-Para · United States v. Wells
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“past criminal conduct or the likelihood that the defendant will commit other crimes.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] court should not depart unless the defendant's record is 'significantly more serious' than that of other defendants in the same criminal history category.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f a court departs based on criminal history, we require it to specify the particular facts of a defendant's history that illustrate why the defendant is unlike other defendants in the same category.”
5 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.