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USA v. Roof

RESPONSE in Opposition

216 Cited authorities

  1. Crawford v. Washington

    541 U.S. 36 (2004)   Cited 17,432 times   82 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause bars "admission of testimonial statements of a witness who did not appear at trial unless he was unavailable to testify, and the defendant had had a prior opportunity for cross-examination"

  2. Mathis v. United States

    136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016)   Cited 4,385 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the categorical approach's reliance upon elements rather than means "does not change when a statute happens to list possible alternative means of commission"

  3. Johnson v. U.S.

    559 U.S. 133 (2010)   Cited 2,749 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) ’s nearly identical "physical force" clause "means violent force—that is, force capable of causing physical pain or injury to another person"

  4. Taylor v. United States

    495 U.S. 575 (1990)   Cited 5,238 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the term "burglary" as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act was to be given its "generic, contemporary meaning" to avoid a scenario in which "a person ... would, or would not, receive a sentence enhancement based on exactly the same conduct, depending on whether the State of his prior conviction happened to call that conduct ‘burglary’ "

  5. United States v. Salerno

    481 U.S. 739 (1987)   Cited 5,410 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "extensive safeguards" are necessary "to repel a facial challenge"

  6. Begay v. United States

    553 U.S. 137 (2008)   Cited 1,933 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that strict liability or negligence crimes only qualify as ACCA predicates when they involve "purposeful, violent, and aggressive" conduct

  7. Skilling v. U.S.

    561 U.S. 358 (2010)   Cited 1,653 times   57 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Hedgpeth's harmless-error approach applies on direct appeal

  8. Dickerson v. United States

    530 U.S. 428 (2000)   Cited 2,290 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “the protections announced in Miranda ” are “constitutionally required”

  9. U.S. v. Williams

    553 U.S. 285 (2008)   Cited 1,614 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that solicitation is "categorically excluded from First Amendment protection"

  10. United States v. Lopez

    514 U.S. 549 (1995)   Cited 2,374 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Gun-Free School Zones Act "exceeds the authority of Congress to ‘regulate Commerce’ " as it "neither regulates a commercial activity nor" "contains jurisdictional element which would ensure, through case-by-case inquiry, that the firearm possession in question affects interstate commerce" (quoting U.S. Const. Art. I § 8 cl. 3 )

  11. Section 924 - Penalties

    18 U.S.C. § 924   Cited 65,720 times   186 Legal Analyses
    Holding that conviction for eluding police, under Maine statute which provides that "[w]hoever, after being requested or signaled to stop, attempts to elude a law enforcement officer by driving a vehicle at a reckless rate of speed which results in a high-speed chase between the operator's vehicle and any law enforcement vehicle using a blue light and siren is guilty" of a felony-level crime, involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)

  12. Section 922 - Unlawful acts

    18 U.S.C. § 922   Cited 60,470 times   181 Legal Analyses
    Finding that "even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, its component parts, ammunition, and the raw materials from which they are made have considerably moved in interstate commerce"

  13. Section 1981 - Equal rights under the law

    42 U.S.C. § 1981   Cited 37,910 times   237 Legal Analyses
    Granting equal rights to "make and enforce contracts" without regard to race

  14. Section 1985 - Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1985   Cited 19,853 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Concerning conspiracies to obstruct justice or intimidate a party, witness, or juror

  15. Section 422 - Unlawful threat to commit crime

    Cal. Pen. Code § 422   Cited 6,193 times
    Making a criminal threat

  16. Section 921 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 921   Cited 4,071 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Adopting this definition

  17. Section 16 - Crime of violence defined

    18 U.S.C. § 16   Cited 3,474 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Defining a crime of violence as ‘ an offense that has as an element the use . . . of physical force against the person or property of another’

  18. Section 1952 - Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises

    18 U.S.C. § 1952   Cited 3,263 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Making it illegal to travel in interstate commerce to further a gambling business that is illegal under applicable state law

  19. Section 111 - Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees

    18 U.S.C. § 111   Cited 2,654 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Assaulting a federal officer or employee

  20. Section 844 - Penalties

    18 U.S.C. § 844   Cited 2,368 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Using or carrying explosive device during commission of felony, maximum 10 years; subsequent offense, maximum 20 years