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8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 73 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Robert Lopez.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Robert Lopez Anchor | green | “questions of fact capable of resolution by the district court upon proper objection at sentencing can never constitute plain error.” | 36 |
| 2 | United States v. Carmine Fatico, and Daniel Fatico | green | “where there is good cause for the nondisclosure of his identity and there is sufficient corroboration by other means.” | 9 |
| 3 | United States v. Francis Allan Clark | green | “the defendant's declaration in open court that his plea is not the product of threats or coercion carries a strong presumption of veracity.” | 7 |
| 4 | United States v. Raymond Eugene Badger | green | “the burden of establishing a fair and just reason for withdrawing a guilty plea remains at all times on the defendant.” | 6 |
| 5 | United States v. Ricardo Rodriguez | green | “a defendant's confrontation rights at a sentencing hearing are severely restricted.” | 4 |
| 6 | United States v. Apolonia Galvan, A/K/A Paula Galvan | green | “bear some rational relationship to the decision to impose a particular sentence.” | 4 |
| 7 | United States v. Rolando Montes | green | “quantities of drugs, not specified in the indictment, if part of the same scheme, course of conduct, or plan, may be used to determine the base offense level” | 4 |
| 8 | United States v. Carmine Fatico, and Daniel Fatico | green | “out- of-court declarations by an unidentified informant may be considered where there is good cause for the nondisclosure of his identity and there is sufficient corroboration by other means.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.