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· 1/7/2011

Langston v. Smith

Citations

  • 630 F.3d 310
  • 2011 WL 43706

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[A] conviction based on speculation and surmise alone cannot stand . . . .”
  • “[A] conviction based on speculation and surmise alone cannot stand, and courts cannot credit inferences within the realm of possibility when those inferences are unreasonable” (internal citations and quotations marks omitted)
  • noting distinction between \reasonable speculation\ and \sufficient evidence\

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Judges: Feinberg, Newman, Lynch

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