Legal Opinion

United States v. Denard Neal

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 12, 2015No. 12-10454PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

A defendant violates 18 U.S.C. § 1521 when the defendant files, attempts to file, or conspires to file a false document of the sort regularly used to create liens or encumbrances against the real or personal property of a United States officer or employee. The prohibition is triggered by filing, attempting to file, or conspiring to file a false or fictitious lien, whether or not the described collateral sought to be liened or encumbered in the document is in fact real or personal property.

Additionally, we find the district court did not commit plain error in…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Godinez v. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. United States v. WattsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by68 opinions

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