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· 5/10/2024

A. Turner & T. Govan-Turner v. Lower Merion S.D.

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that testimony of a cooperating accomplice can be sufficient to sustain a conviction, even if uncorroborated
  • noting that “We do not consider new evidence produced on appeal.”
  • noting that “We do not consider new evidence produced on appeal.”
  • explaining that \[w]e repeatedly have held that\ even \'the uncorroborated testimony of a cooperating accomplice may sustain a conviction so long as that testimony is not facially incredible'\ (quoting United States v. Torres–Galindo, 206 F.3d 136, 140 (1st Cir. 2000))
  • holding that planting drugs constitutes distribution
  • looking at the \evidence[] taken as a whole and in the light most favorable to the prosecution\ (citation modified)

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Judges: Wallace, J.

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