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· 3/29/1994

United States of America (93-5156) v. Jeffrey Otis Peters (93-5153) and Marisha Lynn Winton (93-5154)

Citations

  • 15 F.3d 540

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  • holding that merely being present when a search warrant is executed is not enough to convict a party of possession with intent to distribute and stating that reversal would have been less likely if the government had offered evidence of-prior drug transactions
  • “Expert testimony indicated that amount of drugs, the currency denominations, and the presence of a pager were consistent with drug distribution.”
  • “Expert testimony indicated that amount of drugs, the currency denominations, and the presence of a pager were con- sistent with drug distribution.”
  • “[w]e are also mindful that circumstantial evidence alone is sufficient to sustain a conviction and such evidence need not remove every reasonable hypothesis except that of guilt.”

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Judges: Martin, Ryan, Matia

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