United States v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
985 F.2d 497 · 1993
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Mayers v. United States · Respito v. Derwinski · United States v. Rutledge · United States v. Willard
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Where a defendant agrees to cooperate with the government by providing information concerning unlawful activities of others, and as part of that cooperation agreement the government agrees that self-incriminating information provided pursuant to the agreement will not be used against the defendant, then such information shall not be used in determining the applicable guideline range, except to the extent provided in the agreement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]o reasonable person could construe the statement as a promise not to use self-incriminating information against”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“his cooperation would be helpful to him,”
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.