United States v. Joseph Wayne Pratt

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a “substantial step” for federal attempted murder “need not be the last possible act” before the completion of the offense
• holding that a “substantial step” for federal attempted murder “need not be the last possible act” before the completion of the offense
• holding that a “substantial step” for federal attempted murder “need not be the last possible act” before the completion of the offense
• holding that a “substantial step” for federal attempted murder “need not be the last possible act” before the completion of the offense
• holding that a “substantial step” for federal attempted murder “need not be the last possible act” before the completion of the offense
• holding that a “substantial step” for federal attempted murder “need not be the last possible act” before the completion of the offense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Smith
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-06-13· cited 257×
• People v. Lehnert
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2007-08-13· cited 201×
• United States v. Strieper
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-01-23· cited 165×
• United States v. Shawn Engle
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-02-29· cited 149×
• United States v. Justin Taylor
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-10-14· cited 86×
• United States v. Trey Campbell
  Fourth Circuit· 2022-01-07· cited 71×
• United States v. Deshawn Dozier
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-01-30· cited 60×
• United States v. Richard Haas
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-01-27· cited 54×
• United States v. Marcus Crawley
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-06-23· cited 41×
• United States v. Jeffrey Sterling
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-06-22· cited 35×
• United States v. Martin Hunt
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-16· cited 22×
• United States v. Patrick Groves
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-04-14· cited 19×
• United States v. Monserrate-Valentin
  First Circuit· 2013-09-06· cited 18×
• United States v. Michael Draven
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-08-10· cited 18×
• United States v. Sanchez
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-08-11· cited 16×
• State v. Reid
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2009-06-25· cited 10×
• United States v. Mark Arlin Hammerschmidt
  Eighth Circuit· 2018-02-02· cited 6×
• United States v. Chadrick Fulks
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-10-28· cited 3×
• United States v. Matta-Quinones
  First Circuit· 2025-06-09· cited 2×
• In Re Grand Jury Investigation John Doe
  E.D. Virginia· 2008-03-28· cited 1×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Hasting
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-23· cited 1,999×
• Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock
  Supreme Court· 1988-04-27· cited 861×
• United States v. Coplon
  Second Circuit· 1950-12-05· cited 253×
• United States v. Collazo
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-04-12· cited 169×
• United States v. Henry A. Crockett, United States of America v. Thressa Crews
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-03-19· cited 122×
• United States v. James Neal, Iii, A/K/A Sonny
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-03-20· cited 90×
• United States v. Robert N. Devore, M.D.
  Fourth Circuit· 1970-03-18· cited 87×
• United States v. Alejandro Camacho, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-02-05· cited 67×
• United States v. Nathaniel Williams
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-02-15· cited 61×
• United States v. Dawn Dempsy Sutton, A/K/A Denny, A/K/A M & M
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-04-07· cited 54×
• Carbon Fuel Company, a Corporation v. United Mine Workers of America
  Fourth Circuit· 1975-06-19· cited 50×
• United States v. James Edward McFadden United States of America v. John(ny) Dollard
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-07-16· cited 38×
• United States v. Rhonda Brown, Aka: Sofiya Omari, and Bill Baker, Aka: Mtina Burti Omari
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-11-10· cited 26×
• United States v. Ava Pittman and Paula Wynn, Also Known as Paula M. Lynn
  Ninth Circuit· 1971-10-07· cited 24×
• United States v. Ray Freeman, Sr. And Harry Van Ausdall
  Tenth Circuit· 1981-01-05· cited 12×