offense
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 412 U.S. 205 - Keeble v. United States · 1973Most cited · 1,946 citing opinions
federal offense, and this view is confirmed by the fact that by virtue of the Rule a lesser included offense instruction is authorized with respect to 'an attempt' only where the attempt itself is also a federal crime.
How often courts cite the cases defining “offense”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “offense” — 2,660 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1973–2001
the crime set forth within "the four corners of a charging instrument," along with other crimes that "would be considered the same offense" under the test established by Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299 (1932).