· 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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