United States v. Doe’s Empirical Analysis
940 F.2d 199 · 1991
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably United States v. Smith (1992), Paul Krispin Jr v. The May Department Stores Company Scott Matheis (2000)
21 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Santobello v. New York · Wayte v. United States · Jizmejian v. United States · Gozlon-Peretz v. United States
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(o)ur Circuit has taken a restrictive view towards implying sentencing promises into agreements.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The court, on motion of the Government, may within one year after the imposition of a sentence, lower a sentence to reflect a defendant’s subsequent, substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense, in accordance with the guidelines and policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to section 994 of title 28, United States Code. The court’s authority to lower a sentence under this subdivision includes the authority to lower such sentence to a level below that established by statute as a minimum sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“crimes were committed before November 1, 1987, he fits within a window where both versions of the rule apply. The new rule applies because it is retroactive. The old rule applies because his crimes were committed before the effective date of the new rule.”
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.