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· 11/30/1994

United States v. Bergodere

Citations

  • 40 F.3d 512
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 33566
  • 1994 WL 661610

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that knowledge may be established from circumstances attendant to constructive possession
  • explaining that “core purpose” of voir dire is to “ferret[] out bias”
  • affirming intent finding where total value of heroin -12- 12 seized was $1500 and gun and drug packaging materials were found
  • \A careful reading of Batson convinces us that... this determination can be characterized as a mixed question of law and fact.\
  • because a Batson determination is particularly fact-sensitive, it will be accepted unless shown to be clearly erroneous
  • the fact that appellant’s drugs were packaged in several individual bags “militated toward a conclusion that appellant was himself a dealer”

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Judges: Selya, Cyr, Stahl

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