· 4/12/1977
United States v. Donald Hugh Hall
Citations
- 552 F.2d 273
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- addressing defendant’s desire for a jury instruction that federal law did “not prohibit distribution of isomers of cocaine which are not the natural product of the coca leaf or its equivalent”
- “Where the evidence raises a factual issue, an instruction dictating the result 6 invades the ultimate fact-finding role of the jury.” (citing Travelers Ins. Co. v. Ryan, 416 7 F.2d 362, 364 (5th Cir. 1969), and Nunley v. Pettway Oil Co., 346 F.2d 95, 99 (6th Cir. 8 1965))
- rejecting a cocaine isomer defense
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Judges: Wright, Wallace, Burns
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