United States v. Solis’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.2d 548 · 1991
Citation profile
83 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 126 later decisions — most recently March 2012 · most notably United States v. Perez (2002), United States v. Ortiz (1992)
83 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
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 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Rita v. United States · 109 S. Ct. 2081 - Reidt v. United States · United States v. Roldan-Zapata · United States v. Rollins · McCarthy v. Bronson
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 126 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]bsent an error of law or a misapplication of the guidelines, this court lacks jurisdiction to review sentences within the appropriate guidelines range.”
36 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“presence of beeper numbers helps complete the picture [of an intent to distribute cocaine]--if the trier of fact is aware of the role that beepers often play in the conduct of illegal drug trade.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
2 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.