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· 10/23/1998

United States v. Derrick Thomas and Jason A. Scott

Citations

  • 159 F.3d 296
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 26961

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  • concluding that the Government had neglected to present evidence to 8 establish a serious risk of injury to a child of sixteen, but noting that sexual contact does present such 9 a risk to a child of thirteen
  • finding that the Government sufficiently proved an interstate nexus under the Hobbs act by pointing to evidence that the cocaine an informant had planned to sell to defendants was from South America

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Judges: Posner, Bauer, Easterbrook

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