Willy Sweetam v. United States57 DownloadsYear: 2017 (Vol. 41) Topics: Fifth Amendment Question presented: Whether a sixth-month and one day prison sentence for committing a strict liability offense under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as a responsible corporate officer violates the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause. Format: Word and PDF Prepared by: Sean Sigillito Read more about Willy Sweetam v. United States[…]
Gilmore v. United States66 DownloadsYear: 2010 (Vol. 34). Topic: Constitutional Law; First Amendment; Fifth Amendment. Question: (1) Whether the First Amendment requires an affirmative defense of reasonable mistake of age to a charge under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) for production of child pornography. (2) Whether a condition of supervised release banning “any form of pornographic material” is unconstitutional, for Read more about Gilmore v. United States[…]
Price v. United States79 DownloadsYear: 2012 (Vol. 36). Topic: Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Fifth Amendment. Question: Whether attempting to persuade another person to withhold testimony from an official proceeding by exercising his or her Fifth Amendment right can violate 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b), even if such persuasion is not coercive or otherwise done by wrongful means. Format: Word.
Potter v. United States43 DownloadsYear: 2010 (Vol. 34). Topic: Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Fifth Amendment; Sixth Amendment; Juvenile Law. Question: Whether a criminal defendant’s right to a jury trial under the Sixth and Fifth Amendments is violated when a prior juvenile adjudication – not itself decided by a jury – is used by a judge to impose a Read more about Potter v. United States[…]