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· 3/16/2016

United States v. William Rivera

Citations

  • 817 F.3d 339
  • 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 4828
  • 2016 WL 1055902

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[A] conviction as a party to a crime requires proof that the defendant shared a common criminal intent with the principal perpetrator of the crime.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
  • to prevail on a juror misconduct claim the defendant must satisfy both the required prongs for establishing such a claim
  • \accomplice need only have knowledge that the principal is engaging in reckless conduct and intentionally assist or encourage that conduct with the intent to promote or facilitate its commission. [Cits.]\

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Judges: Posner, Kanne, Hamilton

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