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· 3/30/1992

United States v. Barbino Torres

Citations

  • 960 F.2d 226
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 5517
  • 1992 WL 59259

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding failure to excuse for cause is clearly not “plain error” after juror, who said she knew the brother of the prosecutor,said she could decide the case impartially
  • finding no plain error when juror who knew prosecutor's brother was not excused for implied bias
  • upholding denial of downward adjustment for minor role in conspiring to distribute and distributing cocaine where defendant received the money from the government agent, had contacts with a drug courier and handed the drugs to the agent

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Judges: Breyer, Coffin, Cyr

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