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United States v. Sanchez’s Empirical Analysis

984 F.2d 769 · 1993

Citation profile

34
cited by 34 later decisions
November 2014
most recently cited

26 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · United States v. Russell · Gregory v. Frontier Materials, Inc. · Latimer v. Stainer

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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “can not be blamed on his attorney's trial tactics.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[I]t is not enough for [a defendant] to show that the errors had some conceivable effect on the outcome of the proceeding. Rather, [he] must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Sanchez could have received a reduction for acceptance of responsibility, if he had been properly advised by his trial counsel,”
    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.