United States v. Amanda Williams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that a district court exceeds its authority by reducing a mandatory minimum sentence based on the history and characteristics of the defendant
• stating that a district court exceeds its authority by reducing a mandatory minimum sentence based on the history and characteristics of the defendant
• discussing the role of 5K.1 and § 3553(3) in sentencing procedure
• district court cannot consider § 3553(a) factors to impose a sentence below the statutory minimum
• a sentence below the mandatory “minimum must be based exclusively on assistance-related considerations”
• a sentence below the mandatory “minimum must be based exclusively on assistance-related considerations”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

69 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Hood
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-02-20· cited 154×
• United States v. Castaing-Sosa
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-06-19· cited 98×
• United States v. A.B.
  Tenth Circuit· 2008-06-24· cited 86×
• United States v. Johnson
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-02-28· cited 83×
• United States v. Richardson
  Second Circuit· 2008-03-20· cited 71×
• United States v. Johnson
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-09-04· cited 66×
• United States v. Burns
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-08-20· cited 59×
• United States v. Van Nguyen
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-04-02· cited 50×
• United States v. Jackson
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-08-14· cited 49×
• United States v. Buckley
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-05-12· cited 31×
• United States v. Wipf
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-31· cited 27×
• United States v. Winebarger
  Third Circuit· 2011-12-23· cited 26×
• United States v. Burns
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-08-27· cited 24×
• United States v. Jensen
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-06-28· cited 24×
• United States v. Deborah Marie Dalton
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-03-05· cited 23×
• United States v. Billue
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-07-23· cited 19×
• United States v. Freemont
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-01-28· cited 19×
• United States v. Quinton Spinks
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-10-28· cited 19×
• United States v. Perez
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-05-22· cited 16×
• United States v. Fields
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-01-14· cited 16×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Booker
  Supreme Court· 2004-10-01· cited 23,210×
• Melendez v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-17· cited 220×
• United States v. Kim Darby Saenz
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-11-17· cited 95×
• United States v. Ahlers
  First Circuit· 2002-09-30· cited 68×
• United States v. Joaquin Rojas-Coria, Also Known as Kinieno
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-03-17· cited 34×
• United States v. Donna Peterson
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-08-04· cited 21×
• United States v. Cassandra Plaza, Also Known as Casandra Plaza
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-12-28· cited 12×

Other cases named United States v. Amanda Williams

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• United States v. Amanda Williams
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-01-29