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· 6/28/1990

United States v. Andes-Mar Pereira Barbosa

Citations

  • 906 F.2d 1366
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 10556
  • 1990 WL 86805

How courts have described this case

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

  • sentencing judge should resolve in defendant’s favor those conflicts about which the judge, after weighing the evidence, has no firm conviction
  • “mere possession of a substantial quantity of narcotics is sufficient to support an inference that a defendant knowingly possessed the narcotics”
  • “[A] court reviewing the imposition of a sentence under the Guidelines should give ‘due regard to the opportunity of the district court to judge the credibility of the witnesses.’” (quoting 18 U.S.C. § 3742(e))

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Judges: Goodwin, Tang, Boochever

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