125 Cited authorities

  1. Neder v. United States

    527 U.S. 1 (1999)   Cited 4,920 times   31 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the failure to submit an uncontested element of an offense to a jury may be harmless
  2. Richardson v. Marsh

    481 U.S. 200 (1987)   Cited 3,769 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding codefendant’s confession that "was not incriminating on its face," but "became so only when linked with evidence introduced later at trial," to "fall outside" narrow Bruton exception
  3. United States v. Young

    470 U.S. 1 (1985)   Cited 3,994 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a prosecutor's improper remarks did not rise to the level of a plainly erroneous due-process violation because they did not "undermine the fairness of the trial and contribute to a miscarriage of justice error"
  4. Donnelly v. DeChristoforo

    416 U.S. 637 (1974)   Cited 6,195 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, because a prosecutor's statement during closing argument was ambiguous, it was not so misleading and prejudicial that it deprived the defendant of due process
  5. Henderson v. Kibbe

    431 U.S. 145 (1977)   Cited 2,898 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that in considering a habeas claim based on an improper jury instruction, courts must ask "whether the ailing instruction by itself so infected the entire trial that the resulting conviction violates due process, not merely whether the instruction is undesirable [or] erroneous"
  6. Salinas v. United States

    522 U.S. 52 (1997)   Cited 1,197 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the canon of construction requiring a clear statement to alter the federal-state balance of criminal jurisdiction "does not warrant a departure from terms" where the statute's "text . . . is unambiguous on the point under consideration"
  7. Blockburger v. United States

    284 U.S. 299 (1932)   Cited 9,720 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the test for whether two offenses are distinct for double jeopardy purposes is "whether each provision requires proof of a fact which the other does not"
  8. Iannelli v. United States

    420 U.S. 770 (1975)   Cited 1,199 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the conspiratorial agreement may be proved by circumstantial evidence, including the acts and conduct of the coconspirators and the inferences that may be drawn from their acts
  9. United States v. Miller

    471 U.S. 130 (1985)   Cited 727 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “the Fifth Amendment's grand jury guarantee” is not “violated when a defendant is tried under an indictment that alleges a certain fraudulent scheme but is convicted based on trial proof that supports only a significantly narrower and more limited, though included, fraudulent scheme”
  10. Pinkerton v. United States

    328 U.S. 640 (1946)   Cited 2,724 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding one conspirator may be found guilty of foreseeable substantive offenses committed by his coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy
  11. Section 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

    18 U.S.C. § 371   Cited 21,345 times   138 Legal Analyses
    Requiring proof of an "act to effect the object of the conspiracy"
  12. Section 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television

    18 U.S.C. § 1343   Cited 11,837 times   167 Legal Analyses
    Barring fraudulent schemes "for obtaining money or property"
  13. Section 1001 - Statements or entries generally

    18 U.S.C. § 1001   Cited 7,296 times   296 Legal Analyses
    Making false statements
  14. Section 1344 - Bank fraud

    18 U.S.C. § 1344   Cited 4,880 times   58 Legal Analyses
    Defining the maximum prison terms for wire fraud that affects a financial institution and bank fraud, which define the penalties for the conspiracy crime that Anderson pleaded guilty to according to 18 U.S.C. § 1349, as "not more than 30 years"
  15. Rule 602 - Need for Personal Knowledge

    Fed. R. Evid. 602   Cited 3,475 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Stating that " witness may testify only if evidence is introduced sufficient to support a finding that the witness has personal knowledge of the matter"
  16. Rule 704 - Opinion on an Ultimate Issue

    Fed. R. Evid. 704   Cited 3,006 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Rejecting as "empty rhetoric" the notion that some expert testimony is inadmissible because it usurps the "province of the jury."
  17. Section 1031 - Major fraud against the United States

    18 U.S.C. § 1031   Cited 217 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Imposing heightened penalties for fraud offenses that "involve a conscious or reckless risk of serious personal injury"