United States v. Wesley Bernard Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the robbery of a drug dealer satisfied the commerce element
• finding that “robberies of drug dealers ... impactf ] a trade that plainly is both economic and interstate in character”
• explaining that “the Government does not have to show an intent to kill or injure”
• noting that Lopez and Morrison \do not disturb our continued application of this 'minimal effects' standard [to Hobbs Act prosecutions]\
• recognizing the question of effect on interstate commerce is whether “the relevant class of acts has such an impact,” not whether one particular offense does
• explaining that “the Government does not have to show an intent to kill or injure”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).