United States v. Cochran’s Empirical Analysis
955 F.2d 1116 · 1992
Citation profile
59 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably United States v. Goines (1993), United States v. Magana (1997)
59 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
Relies on Anders v. California · United States v. Briscoe · United States v. Kenny · United States v. McNeese · United States v. Edwards
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The amount of drugs involved in a conspiracy is a factual determination by the sentencing court which we review for clear error only.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“review the evidence in a light most favorable to the government and will reverse a conviction only if no rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he district court concluded that Cochran acted as an organizer because he played a central role in coordinating the five individuals who worked together to supply the cocaine. The evidence showed that Cochran was the key figure linking supplier Howell with the undercover purchasers. He was at each of the meetings where the drug deals were planned; his home was the contact location; and he was present at each transaction. The record amply supports a two-level enhancement for Cochran’s leadership role in the conspiracy.”
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.