WASHINGTON

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Gordon, 961 F.2d 426 (3d Cir. 1992)
  …obation and imposition of a custodial sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1988). Our review of the district court’s interpretation of federal law is plenary. United States v. Donley, 878 F. 2d 735, 739 (3d Cir.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1058, 110 S.Ct. 1528, 108 L.Ed.2d 767 (1990). II. A. At the outset, Gordon contends that her drug use should not have been considered by the district court at the August 1991 hearing, since the probation violation petition did not formally charge her…
• United States v. LaFLEUR, 952 F.2d 1537 (9th Cir. 1991)
  …less than life for all Class ‘A’ felonies, including § 1111(a) murder. This potential conflict has been the subject of two recent circuit court decisions. Gonzalez, 922 F. 2d 1044; United States v. Donley, 878 F. 2d 735 (3d Cir.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1058, 110 S.Ct. 1528, 108 L.Ed.2d 767 (1990). The issue in both Gonzalez and Donley was whether § 3581(b)(1) confers on the sentencing court the discretion to impose a sentence of less than life imprisonment for all Class ‘A’ felonies, including § 1111…
• United States v. Hartmann, 958 F.2d 774 (7th Cir. 1992)
  …urt held that statements of a declarant’s future intent are admissible to show that the declarant acted in conformity with his intention. 145 U.S. at 295, 12 S.Ct. at 912. See also United States v. Donley, 878 F. 2d 735 (3rd Cir.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1058, 110 S.Ct. 1528, 108 L.Ed.2d 767 (1990) (statements evincing a plan to deceive spouse were admitted to establish both that declarant intended to carry out the plan and that she did so). This authority demonstrates that Wer-ner’s statements were pro…