Legal Opinion

United States v. Ramirez

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 14, 2000No. 99-50922PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Moses Ramirez appeals his conviction for forcibly assaulting a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111. Ramirez was convicted after a jury trial and was sentenced to thirty-six months of imprisonment, to be followed by one year of supervised release. Ramirez now challenges his convictions, claiming that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction and that his indictment was constitutionally inadequate. We affirm Ramirez’s conviction.

The facts of this case are straightforward, albeit unpleasant. On January 12, 1998, Ramirez was an inmate in the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  4. United States v. ShabaniSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. United States v. Mateen Yusuf Shabazz, A/K/A Edward L. Eberhart, A/K/A Edward Wallace, and Keith Lamar ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  3. United States v. HathawayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
  4. United States v. Roosevelt D. ValleryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003

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