United States v. Sayers’s Empirical Analysis
919 F.2d 1321 · 1990
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553
Relies on Morris v. Slappy · Goldstein v. United States · In re Disbarment of Sabiston · United States v. DeLuna · United States v. Johnson
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.
“the court finds that there exists an aggravating or mitigating circumstance ... not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission in formulating the guidelines that should result in a sentence different from that described.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]here the statutorily authorized maximum sentence is less than the minimum of the applicable guideline range, the statutorily authorized maximum sentence shall be the guideline sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To warrant substitute counsel, a defendant must show justifiable dissatisfaction with appointed counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.