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Fourth Circuit· 4/20/2012

United States v. Lawson

Citations

  • 677 F.3d 629
  • 2012 WL 1372172

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that the Attorney General's opinion was persuasive \[i]n the absence of any South Carolina law to the contrary\
  • holding on direct appeal that prejudice was presumed when juror conducted internet research on Wikipedia for definition of terms which were elements of offense
  • stating that the court is “troubled by Wikipedia’s lack of reliability”
  • considering the strength of the evidence in “determining whether the government has rebutted this presumption of prejudice”
  • considering the strength of the evidence in “determining whether the government has rebutted this presumption of prejudice”
  • considering the strength of the evidence in “determining whether the government has rebutted this presumption of prejudice”

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Judges: Gregory, Keenan, O'Grady, Eastern, Virginia

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