12 Cited authorities

Skilling v. U.S.
561 U.S. 358 (2010) Cited 1,650 times 56 Legal Analyses
Holding that Hedgpeth's harmless-error approach applies on direct appeal
Whalen v. United States
445 U.S. 684 (1980) Cited 1,464 times
Holding rape and felony murder are the same offense under Blockburger where felony murder conviction could not be had without proof of the rape
Illinois v. Vitale
447 U.S. 410 (1980) Cited 963 times
Holding that a defendant's conviction of a lesser included offense prohibits prosecution on a greater offense, and vice-versa, because the greater and lesser offenses are the "same offense" for double jeopardy purposes
United States v. Rodriguez-Moreno
526 U.S. 275 (1999) Cited 358 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that kidnaping is a continuing offense because the "conduct constituting the offense" continues throughout the journey and "does not end until the victim is free"
United States v. Cabrales
524 U.S. 1 (1998) Cited 288 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that for the offense of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(B) and 1957, the existence of criminally generated proceeds was a circumstance element of the offense and, therefore, that where the laundered funds were unlawfully generated was irrelevant for venue purposes
Nye & Nissen v. United States
336 U.S. 613 (1949) Cited 769 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding "[i]t is clear that failure to prove a conspiracy among A, B and C does not preclude a conviction on a count that A aided Y in committing a substantive offense."
United States v. Johnson
323 U.S. 273 (1944) Cited 261 times
Holding that venue may constitutionally lie in any area through which "force propelled by an offender operates"
U.S. v. Root
585 F.3d 145 (3d Cir. 2009) Cited 65 times
Rejecting duplicity argument, holding it was "permissible under section 7201 to charge tax evasion covering several years in a single count as a 'course of conduct' in circumstances where the underlying basis of the indictment is an allegedly consistent, long-term pattern of conduct directed at the evasion of taxes for these years"
U.S. v. Salinas
373 F.3d 161 (1st Cir. 2004) Cited 57 times 1 Legal Analyses
Explaining that the venue protections "ensure that a criminal defendant cannot be tried in a distant, remote, or unfriendly forum solely at the prosecutor's whim"
United States v. Chestnut
533 F.2d 40 (2d Cir. 1976) Cited 64 times
Holding that absence of motivation is not fatal to government's case where there is sufficient evidence of criminal intent

USA v. Edwards

12 Cited authorities

Holding that Hedgpeth's harmless-error approach applies on direct appeal

Holding rape and felony murder are the same offense under Blockburger where felony murder conviction could not be had without proof of the rape

Holding that a defendant's conviction of a lesser included offense prohibits prosecution on a greater offense, and vice-versa, because the greater and lesser offenses are the "same offense" for double jeopardy purposes

Holding that kidnaping is a continuing offense because the "conduct constituting the offense" continues throughout the journey and "does not end until the victim is free"

Holding that for the offense of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(B) and 1957, the existence of criminally generated proceeds was a circumstance element of the offense and, therefore, that where the laundered funds were unlawfully generated was irrelevant for venue purposes

Holding "[i]t is clear that failure to prove a conspiracy among A, B and C does not preclude a conviction on a count that A aided Y in committing a substantive offense."

Holding that venue may constitutionally lie in any area through which "force propelled by an offender operates"

Explaining that the venue protections "ensure that a criminal defendant cannot be tried in a distant, remote, or unfriendly forum solely at the prosecutor's whim"

Holding that absence of motivation is not fatal to government's case where there is sufficient evidence of criminal intent