Fifth Circuit· 10/10/2006

United States v. Hoover

Citations

467 F.3d 496
2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 25346
2006 WL 2867891

How courts have described this case

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

rejecting defendant’s “overly technical” argument “that the indictment failed to allege a false statement because ‘complained’ and ‘told’ are not synonymous terms”
rejecting defendant’s “overly technical” argument “that the indictment failed to allege a false statement because ‘complained’ and ‘told’ are not synonymous terms”
alleging one false statement in indictment but proving another at trial was constructive amendment
reversing and remanding based on a constructive amendment of the indictment, where, inter alia, the defendant “may have reasonably relied on the indictment and only prepared a [limited] defense”
“[W]hen the [G]overnment chooses to specifically charge the manner in which the defendant’s statement is false, the [G]overnment should be required to prove that it is untruthful for that reason.”
“[W]hen the [G]overnment chooses to specifically charge the manner in which the defendant’s statement is false, the [G]overnment should be required to prove that it is untruthful for that reason.”

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Judges: Jolly, Prado, Owen

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