Table of Contents: Brooks Petition for Writ of Certiorari
Part X: Brooks Petition for Writ of Certiorari
- SOLE QUESTION PRESENTED……………………i
- PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING AND CORPORATE DISCLOSURE………………………………………………….. ii
- TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………….. iii
- TABLE OF AUTHORITIES………………………………………………. iv
- PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI…………………….. 1
- OPINIONS BELOW…………………………………………………………………. 1
- JURISDICTION…………………………………………………………………………… 1
- STATUTORY PROVISIONS INVOLVED…………………….. 2
- STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND BASIS FOR FEDERAL JURISDICTION………………………………………………………………….. 3
- STATEMENT OF FACTS……………………………………………………. 4
- REASONS FOR GRANTING THE PETITION….. 7
- CONCLUSION AND PRAYER 16
CASES
Bryan v. United States, 542 U.S. 184, 118 S.Ct.
1939, 141 L.Ed.2d 197 (1998)………………………………………. 16
Cheek v. United States, 498 U.S. 192, 111 S.Ct.
604, 112 L.Ed.2d 617 (1991)…………………………… 12, 15, 16
Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.,
U.S. , 131 S.Ct. 2060, 179 L.Ed.2d 1167
(2011)……………………………………………………………………………. passim
Ratzlaf v. United States, 510 U.S. 135, 114
S.Ct. 655, 126 L.Ed.2d 615 (1994)……………………………….. 15
United States v. Brooks, 681 F.3d 678 (5th Cir.
2012) ……………………………………………………….1, 9, 14
United States v. Davis, 583 F.2d 190 (5th Cir.
1976) ………………………………………………………………16
United States v. De Jesus-Viera, 655 F.3d 52
(1st Cir. 2011)………………………………………………………………………. 11
United States v. Denson, 11-1042, 2012 WL 3125111 (1st Cir., Aug. 2, 2012)……………………………………………………………………………………….. 11
United States v. Gray, 751 F.2d 733 (5th Cir.
1985) ………………………………………………………………16
United States v. Heredia, 483 F.3d 913 (9th Cir.
2007) ………………………………………………………………11
United States v. Ojebode, 957 F.2d 1218 (5th
Cir. 1992)……………………………………………………………………………….. 10
United States v. Pabey, 664 F.3d 1084 (7th Cir.
2011) ………………………………………………………………11
United States v. Schilleci, 545 F.2d 519 (5th
Cir. 1977)……………………………………………………………………………….. 13
United States v. Valencia, 394 F.3d 352 (5th
Cir. 2004)……………………………………………………………………………….. 14
STATUTES AND RULES
7 U.S.C. § 13(a)(2)………………………………………………….. 2, 3, 4, 12
18 U.S.C. § 371……………………………………………………………………… 2, 3
18 U.S.C. § 1343…………………………………………………………………… 3, 4
18 U.S.C. § 3231………………………………………………………………………… 4
28 U.S.C. § 1254(1)………………………………………………………………….. 1
OTHER
Third Circuit Pattern Jury Instruction 5.06………………. 10
Fifth Circuit Pattern Jury Instruction 1.37……… 8, 9, 10
Black’s Law Dictionary 9th ed…………………………………………. 10
Funk and Wagnall’s Dictionary………………………………………. 10
Three Felonies a Day (2011)………………………………………………. 17
Without Intent: How Congress is Eroding the Criminal Intent Requirement in Federal Law (2010)……………………….. 17
