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USA v. Safavian

REPLY in Support

61 Cited authorities

  1. United States v. Lanier

    520 U.S. 259 (1997)   Cited 2,412 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts should look to prior judicial decisions interpreting a statute in considering whether it is vague

  2. United States v. Gaudin

    515 U.S. 506 (1995)   Cited 1,664 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a jury must decide whether a false statement under § 1001 is "material"

  3. Hamling v. United States

    418 U.S. 87 (1974)   Cited 3,366 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statutory language in an indictment “must be accompanied with ... the facts and circumstances as will inform the accused of the specific offence” and “enable him to plead an acquittal or conviction in bar of prosecution for the same offense”

  4. Russell v. United States

    369 U.S. 749 (1962)   Cited 1,846 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an indictment may not be "amended except by resubmission to the grand jury"

  5. Arthur Andersen v. U. S

    544 U.S. 696 (2005)   Cited 311 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a conviction for obstruction of justice requires "requires proof of nexus between corrupt persuasion and particular proceeding."

  6. Hubbard v. United States

    514 U.S. 695 (1995)   Cited 234 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant's criminal conviction under a particular statute must be reversed as his conduct fell outside the scope of the statute, but not finding that the underlying statute was unconstitutionally vague

  7. Bronston v. United States

    409 U.S. 352 (1973)   Cited 408 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the perjury statute does not apply to literally true but unresponsive answers

  8. Nye & Nissen v. United States

    336 U.S. 613 (1949)   Cited 771 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."

  9. United States v. Rodgers

    466 U.S. 475 (1984)   Cited 212 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a criminal statute was not "absurd" even though, "giv[ing] the statute a ‘literal interpretation’ " resulted in harsher punishment for one who "informally volunteer[ed] an untrue statement to an F.B.I. agent than" for one who "relate[d] the same story under oath before a court of law"

  10. Watkins v. United States

    354 U.S. 178 (1957)   Cited 300 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the legislative branch is not "a law enforcement or trial agency" as those "are functions of the executive and judicial departments"

  11. Section 2 - Principals

    18 U.S.C. § 2   Cited 23,936 times   57 Legal Analyses
    Holding aiders and abettors punishable as principals under federal criminal law

  12. Section 1001 - Statements or entries generally

    18 U.S.C. § 1001   Cited 7,367 times   304 Legal Analyses
    Making false statements

  13. Section 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant

    18 U.S.C. § 1512   Cited 4,377 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Defining "law enforcement officer" as "an officer or employee of the Federal Government "

  14. Section 1621 - Perjury generally

    18 U.S.C. § 1621   Cited 1,541 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Criminalizing perjury

  15. Section 1505 - Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees

    18 U.S.C. § 1505   Cited 603 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Providing criminal punishment for person who corruptly obstructs or endeavors to obstruct "due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States"

  16. Section 2635.202 - [Effective 8/15/2024] General prohibition on solicitation or acceptance of gifts

    5 C.F.R. § 2635.202   Cited 9 times

    (a)Prohibition on soliciting gifts. Except as provided in this subpart, an employee may not, directly or indirectly: (1) Solicit a gift from a prohibited source; or (2) Solicit a gift to be given because of the employee's official position. (b)Prohibition on accepting gifts. Except as provided in this subpart, an employee may not, directly or indirectly: (1) Accept a gift from a prohibited source; or (2) Accept a gift given because of the employee's official position. (c)Relationship to illegal gratuities

  17. Section 2635.107 - [Effective until 8/15/2024] Ethics advice

    5 C.F.R. § 2635.107   Cited 3 times

    (a) As required by §§ 2638.201 and 2638.202(b) of this chapter, each agency has a designated agency ethics official who, on the agency's behalf, is responsible for coordinating and managing the agency's ethics program, as well as an alternate. The designated agency ethics official has authority under § 2638.204 of this chapter to delegate certain responsibilities, including that of providing ethics counseling regarding the application of this part, to one or more deputy ethics officials. (b) Employees

  18. Section 2638.501 - In general

    5 C.F.R. § 2638.501   Cited 2 times

    This subpart addresses the Director's limited authority, pursuant to sections 402(b)(9) and 402(f)(2) of the Act, to take certain actions with regard to individual employees if the Director suspects a violation of a noncriminal government ethics law or regulation. Section 402(f)(5) of the Act prohibits the Director from making any finding regarding a violation of a criminal law. Therefore, the Director will refer possible criminal violations to an Inspector General or the Department of Justice, pursuant

  19. Section 2635.902 - [Effective until 8/15/2024] Related statutes

    5 C.F.R. § 2635.902   Cited 1 times

    (a) The prohibition against solicitation or receipt of bribes (18 U.S.C. 201(b) ) . (b) The prohibition against solicitation or receipt of illegal gratuities (18 U.S.C. 201(c) ) . (c) The prohibition against seeking or receiving compensation for certain representational services before the Government (18 U.S.C. 203 ) . (d) The prohibition against assisting in the prosecution of claims against the Government or acting as agent or attorney before the Government (18 U.S.C. 205 ) . (e) The post-employment