United States v. Craig Meadows

How courts have described this case

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

• defining “error” as a “deviation from a legal rule” and an error that is “plain” as one that is “clear or obvious”
• expert testimony about the components and characteristics of a gun that was converted into a rifle
• “Our court has stated that when the defendants have failed to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence before the district court, we review only for plain error, and defendants must demonstrate a manifest miscarriage of justice.”
• “The Fifth Circuit has questioned whether this plain error standard is distinguishable from the sufficiency of the evidence standard employed if the defendant does make a proper motion for acquittal to the district court.” (citing Laury, 49 F.3d at 151 n.15)
• “The Fifth Circuit has questioned whether this plain error standard is distinguishable from the sufficiency of the evidence standard employed if the defendant does make a proper motion for acquittal to the district court.” (citing Laury, 49 F.3d at 151 n.15)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).