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· 5/18/2017

United States v. Roberto Torres

Citations

  • 856 F.3d 1095
  • 2017 WL 2177636

How courts have described this case

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

  • 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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