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Eighth Circuit· 7/24/1997

United States v. Gary L. Dolan

Citations

  • 120 F.3d 856
  • 47 Fed. R. Serv. 656
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 18865
  • 1997 WL 411791

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the district court need not accept a defendant’s “self serving assertions at sentencing”
  • explaining that the receipt by mail of life-insurance proceeds from policy insuring victim constituted an overt act in furtherance of a conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire
  • explaining that the receipt by mail of life- insurance proceeds from policy insuring victim constituted an overt act in furtherance of a conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire
  • “Statutes of limitations in criminal cases ‘are to be liberally interpreted in favor of repose.’ ”
  • although factual determinations for sentencing under the federal guidelines are reviewed under the clearly erroneous standard, “[w]e review de novo the district court’s interpretation of the Guidelines”
  • “To be sufficient, an indictment must fairly inform the defendant of the charges against him and allow him to plead double jeopardy as a bar to future prosecution.”

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Judges: McMillian, Hansen, Magnuson

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