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Whitfield Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 11, 2005

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  1. United States Vs. Shabani US Supreme Court · Oct 03, 1994
  2. Whitfield v. United
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  3. States - 03-1293 (2005) Syllabus October Term, 2004 Whitfield V. United
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  4. States Supreme Court of the United States Whitfield V. United
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  5. Nash v. United
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  6. States , 229 U. S. 373 , and Singer v. United
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  7. h). See, e.g. , United States v. Wells
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  8. Hall v. United
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  9. States, also on certiorari to the same court. Whitfield v. United
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  10. States - 03-1293 (2005) Opinion of the Court Whitfield V. United
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  11. noted that some of its sister Circuits had taken the opposite position. Id. , at 1323 (citing United States v. Wilson
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  12. United States v. Hildebrand
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  13. includes an overt-act requirement. 349 F. 3d, at 1323. The Eleventh Circuit instead relied upon United States v. Shabani
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  14. We held that it does not, relying principally upon our earlier decisions in Nash v. United
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  15. States , 229 U. S. 373 (1913), and Singer v. United
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  16. that, absent contrary indications, Congress intends to adopt the common law definition of statutory terms. See Molzof v. United
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  17. U. S., at 14 (quoting United States v. Sassi
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  18. Harrison v. PPG
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  19. provision. See Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections v. Yeskey
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  20. Castillo v. United
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  21. law rule, the district in which the unlawful agreement was reached would satisfy this default venue rule. See Hyde v. Shine
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  22. even where an overt act is not a required element of the conspiracy offense. See, e.g. , United States v. Socony-Vacuum
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  23. United States v. Trenton
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  24. and Singer v. United
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  25. Opinion of the Court Whitfield V. United
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  26. United States v. Wilson
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  27. See Molzof v. United
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  28. United States v. Sassi
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  29. See Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections v. Yeskey
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  30. See Hyde v. Shine
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  31. United States v. Socony-Vacuum
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  32. United States v. Wells
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