United States v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
990 F.2d 998 · 1993
Citation profile
24 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably United States v. Barnes (1996), United States v. Chevalier (1993)
24 federal appellate ·
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. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Penson v. Ohio · Norman v. Reed · Nebraska v. Wyoming · Mabey v. Official Committee of Equity Security Holders · United States v. Osborne
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a rule, noncompliance with Rule 11 constitutes reversible error in this circuit.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“make a recommendation, or agree[s] not to oppose the defendant's request, for a particular sentence, with the understanding that such recommendation or request shall not be binding on the court.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the agreement is of the type specified in subdivision (e)(1)(B), the court shall advise the defendant that if the court does not accept the recommendation or request [for a particular sentence] the defendant nevertheless has no right to withdraw the plea.”
6 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.