United States v. Malek Lassiter

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that second-degree murder is a crime of violence because it “necessarily requires conduct that uses physical force against another”
• holding that a violent crime in aid of racketeering, attempted murder, premised on Virginia attempted murder, was a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), (c)(3)(A)
• determining that “attempting to commit murder under Virginia law is also a crime of violence”
• “Our precedents are clear: When a Rogers error occurs, we must vacate the entire sentence and remand for full resentencing.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Daniel Mathis
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-05-29· cited 35×
• United States v. Aghee Smith, II
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-09-17· cited 22×
• United States v. Reginald Elmore
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-10-08· cited 2×
• United States v. Khatallah
  District of Columbia· 2024-08-29
• United States v. David Alcorn
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-09-17
• United States v. Wilson Tita
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-11-18
• United States v. Wilson Fonguh
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-11-18
• United States v. Eric Nji
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-11-18
• United States v. Oluwatoyin Aborisade
  Fourth Circuit· 2026-01-08
• United States v. Ronald Jenkins, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2026-03-10
• United States v. Malik Newsome
  Fourth Circuit· 2026-03-10
• United States v. Japree Brooks
  Fourth Circuit· 2026-03-10
• United States v. Amanda Tostado
  Fourth Circuit· 2026-03-31
• United States v. Mario Delaine
  Sixth Circuit· 2026-04-02

Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Olano
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-26· cited 16,571×
• United States v. Young
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 4,689×
• Descamps v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-20· cited 2,997×
• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2010-03-02· cited 1,738×
• Henderson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-02-20· cited 809×
• Greer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2021-06-14· cited 736×
• United States v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2022-06-21· cited 652×
• Borden v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2021-06-10· cited 614×
• United States v. George Robert Bell
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-09-13· cited 385×
• United States v. Daniel Mathis
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-07-31· cited 334×
• United States v. Resendiz-Ponce
  Supreme Court· 2007-01-09· cited 302×
• United States v. Cortez Rogers
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-06-02· cited 264×
• United States v. Christopher Singletary
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-01-12· cited 187×
• United States v. Le' Ardrus Burris
  Sixth Circuit· 2019-01-03· cited 118×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-10-14· cited 114×
• Doe v. Chao
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-12-28· cited 111×
• United States v. Wayne Francis Morse
  Fourth Circuit· 1965-04-05· cited 95×
• United States v. Justin Taylor
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-10-14· cited 86×
• The Smoot Sand & Gravel Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  Fourth Circuit· 1957-03-08· cited 82×
• United States v. Robert Cisson
  Fourth Circuit· 2022-05-05· cited 73×