United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
979 F.2d 396 · 1992
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably United States v. Barajas-Nunez (1996), State v. Bethel (2006)
53 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1344 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742
Relies on LaBranche v. United States Olympic Committee · United States v. Harvey · Baker v. United States · Correale v. United States · United States v. Peter A. Crusco and Phillip A. Cimmino. Appeal of Phillip Cimmino
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]oth constitutional and supervisory concerns require holding the government to a greater degree of responsibility than the defendant (or possibly than would be either of the parties to commercial contracts) for imprecisions or ambiguities in the plea agreements.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the defendant committed a non-violent offense while suffering from significantly reduced mental capacity not resulting from voluntary use of drugs or other intoxicants, a lower sentence may be warranted to reflect the extent to which reduced mental capacity contributed to the commission of the offense, provided that the defendant’s criminal history does not indicate a need for incarceration to protect the public.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“make a recommendation ... for a particular sentence, with the understanding that such recommendation ... shall not be binding upon the court....”
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.