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· 3/1/2001

United States v. Chris Parker

Citations

  • 241 F.3d 1114
  • 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1695
  • 2001 Daily Journal DAR 2181
  • 56 Fed. R. Serv. 946
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 2917
  • 2001 WL 197921

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a defendant’s participation in an armed bank robbery with a minor does not warrant the adjustment
  • holding that court did not show actual bias or create the appearance of bias despite intervening at numerous points during the trial by asking questions on behalf of the government when the prosecutor asked leading or otherwise objectionable questions
  • holding that the enhancement requires “more than briefly pointing a gun at a victim and commanding her once to get down to constitute physical restraint, given that nearly all armed bank robberies will presumably involve such acts”
  • explaining that Congress must have meant something more, because “nearly all armed bank robberies will presumably involve such acts”
  • explaining that Congress must have meant something more, because \nearly all armed bank robberies will presumably involve such acts\
  • holding that court did not show actual bias or create the appearance of bias despite intervening at numerous points during the trial by asking questions on behalf of the govern- ment when the prosecutor asked leading or otherwise objec- tionable questions

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Judges: Goodwin, Graber, Paez

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