Misprision Of Felony

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• Hill v. State
  258 So. 3d 577· Fla. 1st DCA· 2018-12-10 ·cited 5×
  The court reversed a summary denial of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim where the defendant alleged his counsel failed to advise him that the state's evidence was insufficient to support an accessory after the fact conviction. The court held that a voluntary guilty plea
• United States v. Vasquez-Chan
  978 F.2d 546· 9th Cir.· 1992-11-02 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the defendants' convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
• United States v. Piazza
  959 F.2d 33· 5th Cir.· 1992-04-09 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the district court complied with Rule 11 in accepting the guilty plea and substantially complied with Rule 32(c)(3)(D) regarding disputed facts in the PSR, and that the ineffective assistance of counsel claim was not properly before the court.
• United States v. Leonel Salinas, Jr.
  956 F.2d 80· 5th Cir.· 1992-03-04 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions, the indictment was not defective, the convictions did not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause, the jury instructions were not fundamental error, and the sentence was correctly applied.
• United States v. Ciambrone
  750 F.2d 1416· 9th Cir.· 1984-12-28 ·cited 4×
  A conviction for misprision of felony cannot stand if the defendant did not take an affirmative step to conceal the crime, and truthful but partial disclosure does not constitute such a step.
• United States v. Jennings
  603 F.2d 650· 7th Cir.· 1979-08-06 ·cited 4×
  The court held that applying the federal misprision statute to defendants who had a reasonable fear of self-incrimination due to their simultaneous involvement in other criminal activities violated their Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
• Cosenza v. United States
  195 F.2d 177· 9th Cir.· 1952-03-17 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the evidence supported the conviction for receiving stolen goods in interstate commerce and that any insufficiency in the misprision of felony count was harmless due to concurrent sentencing.
• Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Huff
  745 F. Supp. 2d 1284· S.D. Fla.· 2010-09-30 ·cited 2×
  The court found that Defendant Huff violated federal securities laws by siphoning funds and artificially inflating Certified's financial condition, and ordered disgorgement of ill-gotten gains.
• United States v. Pigno
  922 F.2d 1162· 5th Cir.· 1991-01-16 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the defendant's failure to raise issues regarding the upward departure in the district court limits review to plain error, and no such error was found.
• In re Grand Jury Proceedings. United States v. Carmine Galante
  562 F.2d 334· 5th Cir.· 1977-10-20 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the witness's apprehension of self-incrimination was reasonable, and thus he was not required to answer the questions.
• McDonald v. Sec'y, Dep't of Corr.
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-06-25
  The court held that the pro se prisoner's complaint must be dismissed without prejudice because it failed to comply with procedural rules, sought impermissible relief, and contained insufficient allegations.
• McBride v. Guzina
  M.D. Fla.· 2021-07-29
  The court held that the plaintiff's second amended complaint is stricken and the amended complaint is dismissed without prejudice as a shotgun pleading.
• Hernandez v. United States
  M.D. Fla.· 2020-08-17
  The court held that the petitioner's claims were untimely and without merit, and therefore denied his motion to vacate his sentence.
• United States v. Griess
  971 F.2d 1368· 8th Cir.· 1992-08-11
  The court held that a departure sentence is unreasonable when it exceeds the guideline sentence calculated with omitted criminal history taken into account, and that departure based on refusal to name sources is forbidden.