United States v. Cotto’s Empirical Analysis
979 F.2d 921 · 1992
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Doerr v. Doerr · Lane v. Peterson · Martin v. Delaware · United States v. Rivera · United States v. Pitre
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“forgo the three-level increase called for by U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(b) and instead impose a two-level increase”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] judge should be rather confident that such an enhancement is warranted before including it in a sentencing decision,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the sentencing judge ... only the choice of a three-level enhancement or no enhancement.”
1 later decision 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.