United States v. James A. Sharpe, Sr.

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• holding that the ,indictment was sufficient because “the counts contained all of the elements of the offenses charged and informed the defendants of the charges they faced”
• explaining that even if an indictment tracks a statute’s language, if it fails to “apprise the defendant of the charged offense,” it is insufficient
• “It is not necessary for an indictment to allege in detail the factual proof that will be relied upon to support the charges.” (alteration and quotation marks omitted)
• applying same standard to posttrial motion

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