United States v. Rivero’s Empirical Analysis
993 F.2d 620 · 1993
Citation profile
53 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on United States v. Frady · Conway v. Statesman Mortgage Co. · National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of Indians · United States v. Silverstein · United States v. Goines
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“was not intended to apply to a defendant [like Rowold] who puts the government to its burden of proof at trial by denying the essential factual elements of guilt, is convicted, and only then admits guilt and expresses remorse.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only when ... convinced that it is necessary to avert an actual miscarriage of justice.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“consistently denied his factual guilt until the last moment and has presented nothing to suggest that he qualifies for the 'rare situation' exception”
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.