Pierson v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that “when . . . a [sufficiency-of-the- evidence] challenge focuses on whether the statute under which the defendant was convicted covers the relevant conduct, it presents a legal question that we examine anew”
• observing that “when . . . a [sufficiency-of-the- evidence] challenge focuses on whether the statute under which the defendant was convicted covers the relevant conduct, it presents a legal question that we examine anew”
• affirming Hobbs Act bribery conviction of a guard who smuggled contraband into a county jail for money and failed to report the prison violation as required

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).