United States v. Vanderlaan’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 257 · 1990
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently May 2017
17 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. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 4251 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Gardner · United States v. Williams · United States v. Davis · United States v. Hanley
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We find that the defendant’s sentence under Title II of NARA in 1973 was a “sentence of imprisonment” as that phrase is used in the guidelines. Section 4A1.2(b) of the guidelines defines a sentence of imprisonment as a “sentence of incarceration.” This suggests that physical confinement is a key distinction between sentences of imprisonment and other types of sentences. The guidelines make no distinction between offenders incarcerated primarily for rehabilitation and those incarcerated simply to remove the offender from society.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“This [§ 4A1.2(b)] suggests that physical confinement is a key distinction between sentences of imprisonment and other types of sentences.... Although not spelled out in any further detail, a “sentence of incarceration” may be contrasted with other types of criminal sentences identified in the guidelines—such as probation, fines, and supervised release_ These types of sentences do not require that an offender be continuously confined in a federal institution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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