United States v. Whitfield

Docket Number10-5217
Decision Date22 August 2012
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  • United States v. Hope
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit
    • March 9, 2022
    ...or would otherwise seriously affect the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings." United States v. Whitfield , 695 F.3d 288, 303 (4th Cir. 2012) (quoting United States v. Robinson , 627 F.3d 941, 954 (4th Cir. 2010) (internal quotation marks omitted)); see also Wibo......
  • United States v. Hager
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit
    • June 20, 2013
    ...an instructional error ‘is determined to have been prejudicial, based on a review of the record as a whole.’ ” See United States v. Whitfield, 695 F.3d 288, 305 (4th Cir.2012) (quoting Figg v. Schroeder, 312 F.3d 625, 640 (4th Cir.2002)). Here, the instruction was not prejudicial when we co......
  • United States v. Umaña
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit
    • April 23, 2014
    ...are involuntary simply because police deceptively highlight the positive aspects of confession. For example, in United States v. Whitfield, 695 F.3d 288 (4th Cir.2012), we refused to find a confession involuntary where the police officers told the suspect that by talking to them he “would d......
  • United States v. Simmons
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit
    • May 28, 2021
    ...Id. at 210, 134 S.Ct. 881 (quoting 1 W. LaFave, Substantive Criminal Law § 6.4(a) (2d ed. 2003) ); see also United States v. Whitfield , 695 F.3d 288, 306–07 (4th Cir. 2012) (holding that the phrase "death results" in 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e) "prescribes an offense element rather than a sentenci......
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  • Table of cases
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Criminal Defense Victories in the Federal Circuits
    • March 30, 2014
    ...691 F.3d 108 (2d Cir. 2012), §§4:45, 14:09 United States v. White , 692 F.3d 235 (2d Cir. 2012), §§3:40, 8:12 United States v. Whitfield , 695 F.3d 288 (4th Cir. 2012), §4:01 United States v. Wilken , 498 F.3d 1160, 1168 (10th Cir. 2007), §18:03 United States v. Wilkes , 662 F.3d 524 (9th C......
  • Federal Sentencing
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Criminal Defense Victories in the Federal Circuits
    • March 30, 2014
    ...Life Sentence Based on a Death From a Bank Robbery Gone Bad §4:00 Federal Sentencing §4:00 Federal Sentencing United States v. Whitfield, 695 F.3d 288 (4th Cir. 2012) It’s exceptionally rare for the Fourth Circuit to reverse a life sentence for someone who caused another person to die in th......

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