United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
152 F.3d 294 · 1998
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably United States v. Lighty (2010), United States v. Farrior (2008)
27 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Olano · Johnson v. United States · Bailey v. United States · Sullivan v. Louisiana · Stinson v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“restrict[ ] the defense tactic of 'sandbagging' " (citation omitted)). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's denial of the defendants' untimely motion to dismiss the witness tampering charge and the related Section 924(c) counts of the indictment. 10 More fundamentally, there was no defect, plain or otherwise, in the indictment. Generally, an indictment is sufficient if it "(1) indicate[s] the elements of the offense and fairly inform[s] the defendant of the exact charges and (2) enable[s] the defendant to plead double jeopardy in subsequent prosecutions for the same offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(A) the defendant willfully obstructed or impeded, or attempted to obstruct or impede, the administration of justice during the course of the investigation, prosecution, or sentencing of the instant offense of conviction, and (B) the obstructive conduct related to (i) the defendant’s offense of conviction and any relevant conduct; or (ii) a closely related offense[J”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in indictment is not fatal where defendant was not prejudiced in any manner); United States v. Vogt, 910 F.2d 1184, 1201 (4th Cir.1990) (upholding sufficiency of indictment despite lack of specific mention of the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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