United States v. Trujillo’s Empirical Analysis
959 F.2d 1377 · 1992
Citation profile
63 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Keeble 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This court has held consistently that the quantity of drugs involved in a narcotics case does not constitute a substantive element of the drug offense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]n this extreme context, . . . a court cannot reflexively apply the truncated procedures that are perfectly adequate for all of the more mundane, familiar sentencing determinations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is well-settled that where the severity of the punishment is linked to the existence or nonexistence of exculpatory or mitigating facts, the preponderance of the evidence standard satisfies due process.”
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.