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· 8/22/1977

United States v. Cleophas James Kearney, United States of America v. Eugene Lemon, Jr.

Citations

  • 560 F.2d 1358
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11909

How courts have described this case

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

  • ruling that “[e]vidence of the monetary value of illicit narcotics is relevant” to show the defendant’s knowledge of possession of drugs
  • “A federal trial judge has wide discretion in imposing sentence, and where . . . the sentence pronounced is within statutorily- prescribed limits, it is generally not subject to review.”
  • “The inference that a defendant had reason to believe that his benefits were dependent upon the success of the entire venture may be drawn from proof that the eo-conspirators knew of each other’s participation or actually benefitted from the activities of his co-conspirators.”

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Judges: Duniway, Carter, Choy

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