· 10/13/1958
McCoy v. Pepersack
Citations
- 358 U.S. 853
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- distinguishing Keck based on the fact that “diamonds were not contraband,” and defendant in Keck, therefore, could easily have been confused over what law he had violated
- indictment was valid even though it did not specify what law had been violated
- government not required to prove defendant’s knowledge of quantity of drugs
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