Torres v. United States

Torres v. United States, 499 U.S. 908 (1991)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: March 4, 1991
Docket: No. 90-6470
Citations: 499 U.S. 908111 S. Ct. 1111113 L. Ed. 2d 21959 U.S.L.W. 35991991 U.S. LEXIS 1328

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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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(noting that when faced with an ambiguous statute, "a court should refer to the 'indictment or information and jury instructions,' or, in the case of a guilty plea, to the plea agreement or transcript, in order to determine if the conviction was for 'generic' ... burglary”)

United States v. Hill, 131 F.3d 1056 (D.C. Cir. 1997)
(district court should refer to the plea agreement or plea transcript to determine if defendant pled guilty to generic burglary)

UNITED STATES of Am. v. Bonat, 106 F.3d 1472 (9th Cir. 1997)

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Robert R. Cuppett v. Jack R. Duckworth, Superintendent, Indiana State Reformatory8 F.3d 1132 (7th Cir. 1993)
State v. Murray827 So. 2d 488 (La. Ct. App. 2002)
United States v. Thomas L. Hudspeth42 F.3d 1015 (7th Cir. 1994)
UNITED STATES of America v. Richard BONAT106 F.3d 1472 (9th Cir. 1997)
United States v. Robert Paul Kaplansky42 F.3d 320 (6th Cir. 1994)
United States v. Benny Cowart90 F.3d 154 (6th Cir. 1996)

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United States v. Medicine Eagle266 F. Supp. 2d 1039 (D.S.D. 2003)
State v. Murray827 So. 2d 488 (La. Ct. App. 2002)
Crum v. State, 00-6014 (2001)No. P.M. 00-6014 (Sup. Ct. R.I. Oct. 9, 2001)
United States v. Shepard231 F.3d 56 (1st Cir. 2000)
United States v. Hill, William D.131 F.3d 1056 (D.C. Cir. 1997)
UNITED STATES of America v. Richard BONAT106 F.3d 1472 (9th Cir. 1997)

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