United States v. Aguon’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.2d 1413 · 1987
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 872 · 18 U.S.C. § 875 · 18 U.S.C. § 876
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Young · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Morissette v. United States · Wayte v. United States
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]riminal intent must be submitted to the jury in a case charging extortion under the Hobbs Act.... The court's failure to give an instruction on a vital element of the crime was plain error.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The instructions in this case were fundamentally flawed. First, in line with the court’s “preliminary instructions,” they told the jury that the defendant had to “induce” the payment. Then the instructions told the jury that no proof of acts demonstrating “inducement” was necessary. The government now argues that the instruction requiring proof of inducement was more favorable to the defendant than the law required, so she lost nothing in having the instruction canceled by the later instruction. But the instructions are contradictory. The difficulty with contradictory instructions is the confusion they must have generated in the jury. Did it matter whether the payments were induced or not induced? The jury was left without guidance on this question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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