United States v. Jorge Torrez

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that under the abuse of discretion standard, we “must determine whether the court’s exercise of discretion[] . . . was arbitrary or capricious”
• holding no abuse of discretion when the trial judge admitted “evidence of pornographic videos showing violence against women who were sleeping, unconscious, or restrained” as evidence of modus operandi, motive, and intent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Fifth Circuit· 2021-03-11
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  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 2024-05-23
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  Fourth Circuit· 2025-01-21
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  Fourth Circuit· 2025-07-22

Cites

94 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Almendarez-Torres v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-24· cited 12,622×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 6,816×
• Alleyne v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-17· cited 5,868×
• Taylor v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-29· cited 5,461×
• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-26· cited 5,137×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Shepard v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-07· cited 4,574×
• Dusky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 3,197×
• Descamps v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-20· cited 2,997×
• Mathis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2016-06-23· cited 2,769×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Jones v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-24· cited 2,200×
• Bouie v. City of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,779×
• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2010-03-02· cited 1,738×
• Godfrey v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
• Morgan v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 1,584×
• Begay v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2008-04-16· cited 1,437×