United States v. Jack L. Chestnut

How courts have described this case

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

• “One helpful technique has been to study the key verbs which define the criminal offense in the statute”
• court must “decide ‘when the defendant’s actions have progressed to the point where a court can confidently conclude that [the offense in question] has been committed’”
• court must \decide 'when the defendant's actions have progressed to the point where a court can confidently conclude that [the offense in question] has been committed' \
• statutory miscitation in indictment ground for dismissal only if accompanied by prejudice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).