United States v. Sharp

How courts have described this case

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

• finding victim's harm to be \too attenuated\ from the conspiracy to satisfy the CVRA
• finding victim’s harm to be “too attenuated” from the conspiracy to satisfy the CVRA
• “The specific conduct underlying the elements of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana that were the basis for the [defendant's offense of conviction does not include assault and battery, or any other violent conduct”
• “Nor is there evidence tending to suggest that the [d]efendant’s conspiracy was a substantial factor in causing [the victim]’s alleged harm. ■ [The victim] must show more than a mere possibility that an alleged act (the [defendant's federal crime) caused her ... [the alleged harm].”
• “Foreseeability is at the heart of proximate harm”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Antrobus
  Tenth Circuit· 2008-03-14· cited 66×
• In Re Rendon Galvis
  Second Circuit· 2009-04-27· cited 25×
• United States v. Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co.
  D. New Jersey· 2009-03-23· cited 14×
• Jordan v. Department of Justice
  S.D. New York· 2016-03-29· cited 3×
• Morris v. Nielsen
  E.D. New York· 2019-03-17· cited 3×
• United States v. Giraldo-Serna
  District of Columbia· 2015-08-07· cited 1×
• United States v. Tonawanda Coke Corp.
  W.D. New York· 2014-03-14· cited 1×
• United States v. Murillo-Bejerano
  Second Circuit· 2009-04-27· cited 1×
• The Availability of Crime Victims' Rights Under the Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004
  Office of Legal Counsel· 2010-12-17
• Availability of Rights Under the Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004
  Office of Legal Counsel· 2010-12-17
• United States v. Staff Sergeant GARY L. GOINS
  Army Court of Criminal Appeals· 2025-08-25

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harmelin v. Michigan
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 4,521×
• United States v. Frank Kahled Burgos, United States of America v. Alexio Burnard Gobern
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-08-23· cited 1,511×
• Hughey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-21· cited 871×
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore.
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-29· cited 631×
• United States v. Willie James Blake, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-04-18· cited 202×
• Ravin v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-05-28· cited 199×
• United States v. Donald Davenport
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-04-21· cited 189×
• United States v. Brian Keith Mills, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Benjamin Ronald Scales
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-05-28· cited 155×
• W. Patrick Kenna v. United States District Court for the Central District of California
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-01-20· cited 103×
• United States v. Antonio Donaby
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-11-21· cited 56×
• United States v. McVeigh
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-02-04· cited 55×
• United States v. Kealoha Crash Spinney
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-07-29· cited 48×
• United States v. Victor Hackett
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-11-26· cited 40×
• United States v. Turner
  E.D. New York· 2005-04-29· cited 18×
• Corrigan v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-04-02· cited 15×