149 Cited authorities

Jackson v. Virginia
443 U.S. 307 (1979) Cited 77,659 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"
United States v. Young
470 U.S. 1 (1985) Cited 4,009 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"
Burks v. United States
437 U.S. 1 (1978) Cited 3,833 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding the trial court is "not to weigh the evidence or assess the credibility of witnesses when it judges the merits of a motion for acquittal"
Salinas v. United States
522 U.S. 52 (1997) Cited 1,207 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"
Griffin v. California
380 U.S. 609 (1965) Cited 4,846 times 27 Legal Analyses
Holding that prosecutor may not comment on a defendant's failure to testify
U.S. v. Cavera
550 F.3d 180 (2d Cir. 2008) Cited 1,387 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that "a sentence of twenty-four months' imprisonment-six months longer than the top end of the applicable Guidelines range" was "substantively reasonable"
Stanley v. Georgia
394 U.S. 557 (1969) Cited 1,249 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that the First and Fourteenth Amendment forbid criminalizing the private possession of obscenity
Holland v. United States
348 U.S. 121 (1954) Cited 2,185 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding the instruction "the kind of doubt . . . which you folks in the more serious and important affairs of your own lives might be willing to act upon" was not misleading and "correctly conveyed the concept of reasonable doubt to the jury"
Jacobson v. United States
503 U.S. 540 (1992) Cited 524 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that predisposition must be established prior to the defendant’s first contact with a government agent
Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
413 U.S. 49 (1973) Cited 783 times
Holding that "the interest of the public in the quality of life and the total community environment and . . . possibly, the public safety itself" is implicated in "stemming the tide of commercialized obscenity"
Rule 32.1 - Citing Judicial Dispositions
Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 Cited 34,435 times 152 Legal Analyses
Permitting court to cite to unpublished federal judicial opinions
Rule 801 - Definitions That Apply to This Article; Exclusions from Hearsay
Fed. R. Evid. 801 Cited 19,107 times 75 Legal Analyses
Holding that such a statement must merely be made by the party and offered against that party
Section 1201 - Kidnapping
18 U.S.C. § 1201 Cited 3,383 times 9 Legal Analyses
Providing for "imprisonment for any term of years or for life"
Section 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
18 U.S.C. § 1030 Cited 3,230 times 408 Legal Analyses
Holding cellular phones are protected
Section 3237 - Offenses begun in one district and completed in another
18 U.S.C. § 3237 Cited 1,035 times 5 Legal Analyses
Providing that "[a]ny offense involving . . . transportation in interstate or foreign commerce" may be "prosecuted in any district from, through, or into which such commerce . . . or person moves"

USA v. Valle et al

149 Cited authorities

Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"

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"

Holding the trial court is "not to weigh the evidence or assess the credibility of witnesses when it judges the merits of a motion for acquittal"

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"

Holding that prosecutor may not comment on a defendant's failure to testify

Holding that "a sentence of twenty-four months' imprisonment-six months longer than the top end of the applicable Guidelines range" was "substantively reasonable"

Holding that the First and Fourteenth Amendment forbid criminalizing the private possession of obscenity

Holding the instruction "the kind of doubt . . . which you folks in the more serious and important affairs of your own lives might be willing to act upon" was not misleading and "correctly conveyed the concept of reasonable doubt to the jury"

Holding that predisposition must be established prior to the defendant’s first contact with a government agent

Holding that "the interest of the public in the quality of life and the total community environment and . . . possibly, the public safety itself" is implicated in "stemming the tide of commercialized obscenity"

Permitting court to cite to unpublished federal judicial opinions

Holding that such a statement must merely be made by the party and offered against that party

Providing for "imprisonment for any term of years or for life"

Holding cellular phones are protected

Providing that "[a]ny offense involving . . . transportation in interstate or foreign commerce" may be "prosecuted in any district from, through, or into which such commerce . . . or person moves"