· 5/18/2017
United States v. Roberto Torres
Citations
- 856 F.3d 1095
- 2017 WL 2177636
How courts have described this case
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- concluding it “need not decide whether the government constructively amended the indictment, whether it did so plainly, or whether any error prejudiced [the defendant]” because “[e]ven if Olano’s first three prongs are all met . . . its fourth prong is not”
- noting advice-of-counsel defense “is a species of good-faith defense,” merely “negat[ing] the mental state required for the crime”
- specifying that the presumption of prejudice is rebuttable
- \[W]e are careful not to read our precedents to gainsay those of the Supreme Court.\
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Judges: Jolly, Smith, Graves
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