Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Arnold, No. 94-6176 (6th Cir.) (58 F.3d 1117) (July 13, 1995) (Judge H. Ted Milburn) by Here the Court held that when it is not clear from the elements of the offense alone whether the crime involved a serious risk of potential injury to another, the sentencing court …

U.S. v. Poff, No. 89-3017 (7th Cir.) (926 F.3d 588) (February 14, 1991) (Judge Joel L. Flaum) by In this case, the district court sentenced the defendant, who had incurred numerous convictions for threatening presidents and a prosecutor while suffering from mental illness, to imprisonment for 51 months as a …

U.S. v. Chatman, No. 91-3294 (D.C. Cir.) (986 F.3d 1446) (March 16, 1993) (Judge Harry T. Edwards) by In this bank robbery case, the D.C. Circuit relied extensively on Judge Easterbrook's dissent in U.S. v. Poff, 926 F.3d 588 (7th Cir. 1991). While it generally followed the Poff dissent, the …