Sutton v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2119
Relies on United States v. Olano · Johnson v. United States · M. A. P. v. Ryan · Wilson-Bey v. United States · Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a)(2) A person convicted of carjacking shall be fined not more than $5,000 and be imprisoned for a mandatory-minimum term of not less than 7 years and a maximum term of not more than 21 years, or both. (b)(1) A person commits the offense of armed carjacking if that person, while armed with or having readily available any pistol or other firearm (or imitation thereof) or other dangerous or deadly weapon (including a sawed-off shotgun, shotgun, machine gun, rifle, dirk, bowie knife, butcher knife, switch-blade knife, razor, blackjack, billy, or metallic or other false knuckles), commits or attempts to commit the offense of carjacking. (2) A person convicted of armed carjacking shall be fined not more than $10,000 and be imprisoned for a mandatory-minimum term of not less than 15 years and a maximum term of not more than 40 years, or both. However, the court may impose a prison sentence in excess of 30 years only in accordance with § 24-403.01 (b — 2). For purposes of imprisonment following revocation of release authorized by § 24-403.01(b)(7), armed carjacking is a Class A felony. (c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person convicted of carjacking shall not be released from prison prior to the expiration of 7 years from the date of the commencement of the sentence, and a person convicted of armed carjacking shall not be released from prison prior to the expiration of 15 years from the date of the commencement of the sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Carjacking Prevention Amendment Act of 1993,” at 2 (Feb. 10, 1993). In particular, the Council mentioned the gruesome carjacking-homicide of Pamela Basu that drew national attention, and stated that the District was not immune from this nationwide surge.- Id. at 2-3. The Council also noted that District residents were particularly impacted by the surge in carjackings because the District is a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]here a division of this court fails to adhere to earlier controlling authority, we are required to follow the earlier decision rather than the later one.”
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.