United States v. Casilla

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing “that a less than credible explanation [for presence in vehicle transporting drugs] may be part of the overall circumstantial evidence upon which the jury can infer guilty knowledge”
• relying on defendant’s nervousness and his implausible explanations for a false bill of lading
• intent to distribute may be inferred from the quantity of drugs involved
• implausible explanation by defendant about how he came to be driving a van with cocaine hidden inside was part of the circumstantial evidence from which the jury could infer the defendant had knowledge of the drugs in the van
• implausible explanation by defendant about how he came to be driving a van with cocaine hidden inside was part of the circumstantial evidence from which the jury could infer the defendant had knowledge of the drugs in the van
• implausible explanation by defendant about how he came to be driving a van with cocaine hidden inside was part of the circumstantial evidence from which the jury could infer the defendant had knowledge of the drugs in the van

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).