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· 8/1/2006

United States v. Darwin E. Veach

Citations

  • 455 F.3d 628
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 19283
  • 2006 WL 2129350

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “driving while under the influence of intoxicants presents, at the very least, a serious potential risk that the driver will cause physical injury to another person”
  • noting that a general intent crime \requires only that a defendant intend to do the act that the law proscribes\ (quoting United States v. Gonyea, 140 F.3d 649, 653 (6th Cir. 1998))
  • defendant threatened two United States Park Rangers multiple times after they responded to an accident scene, performed field sobriety tests, and transported defendant to the hospital
  • prior conviction for drunk driving is a “crime of violence” for federal sentencing purposes

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Judges: Daughtrey, Cole, Graham

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