U.S. v. Baird, No. 12-1565 (1st Cir.) (712 F.3d 623) (April 5, 2013) (Judge Norman H. Stahl)
Loaded on June 10, 2013
published in Punch and Jurists
June 10, 2013
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Plain Error.
This is a noteworthy decision in which the First Circuit vacated a conviction for a single count of possession of a stolen firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(j) on the grounds that the district court erred as a matter of law by declining to instruct the jury …
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- Deere v. Cullen, No. 10-99013 (9th Cir.) ( F.3d ) (June 3, 2013) (Judge Barry G. Silverman)
- U.S. v. Baird, No. 12-1565 (1st Cir.) (712 F.3d 623) (April 5, 2013) (Judge Norman H. Stahl)
- U.S. v. Lander, No. CR 11-4098-MWB (N.D.Iowa) (900 F.Supp.2d 934) (October 23, 2012) (Judge Mark W. Bennett)
- Maryland v. King, No. 12-207 (U.S. Supreme Court) (569 U.S. 435; 133 S.Ct. 1958) (June 3, 2013) (Justice Kennedy)
- Trevino v. Thaler, No. 11-10189 (U.S. Supreme Court) (569 U.S. 413; 133 S.Ct. 1911) (May 28, 2013) (Justice Breyer)
- Davis v. U.S. Sentencing Com'n, No. 11-5264 (D.C. Cir.) (716 F.3d 660) (May 28, 2013) (Judge Thomas Beall Griffith)
- McQuiggan v. Perkins, No. 12-126 (U.S. Supreme Court) (569 U.S. 383; 133 S.Ct. 1924) (May 28, 2013) (Justice Ginsburg)
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