MEDRANO

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Hopkins, 916 F.2d 207 (5th Cir. 1990)
  …the persons committed an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy, and that the defendant possessed the requisite intent to further an unlawful objective of the conspiracy. United States v. Medrano, 836 F. 2d 861, 863-64 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 818, 109 S.Ct. 58, 102 L.Ed.2d 36 (1988); United States v. Colwell, 764 F. 2d 1070, 1072 (5th Cir.1985). The agreement necessary to establish the existence of a conspiracy can be established by circumstantial evidence: [wjhere the circumstances are suc…
• United States v. Hagmann, 950 F.2d 175 (5th Cir. 1991)
  …tructions”); Jordan v. Watkins, 681 F. 2d 1067, 1076 (5th Cir.1982) (“A trial judge is vested with ‘broad discretion in formulating his charge and we will not lightly disturb his judgment.’ ”) (citation omitted), cert. denied, Jordan v. Mississippi, 488 U.S. 818, 109 S.Ct. 57, 102 L.Ed.2d 35 (1988). When a charge is challenged on appeal, we evaluate it in its entirety, looking to see whether the charge as a whole was correct. See Jordan, 681 F. 2d at 1076 (“[A]ny prejudice that the general definition could…
• United States v. Young, 932 F.2d 1035 (2d Cir. 1991)
  …e convenient to consider the Government’s contention that a fine is permissible on remand before considering whether the Rule 11 violation may be waived. Citing our decisions in United States v. Diaz, 834 F. 2d 287, 290 (2d Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 818, 109 S.Ct. 57, 102 L.Ed.2d 35 (1988), and McClain v. United States, 676 F. 2d 915, 916-18 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 879, 103 S.Ct. 174, 74 L.Ed.2d 143 (1982), the Government broadly asserts, “It is settled law that when one component of a se…