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· 11/9/1990

United States v. Edward Terry

Citations

  • 911 F.2d 272
  • 1990 WL 115507

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that there was sufficient evidence of constructive possession under similar circumstances
  • holding same where gun was found on husband’s side of a closet shared with wife
  • finding joinder improper where alleged of fenses were not of similar character or part of the same or common scheme, and where evidence did not overlap
  • discussing the “connection” necessary between a criminal defendant and contraband “to support [an] inference” that the former unlawfully possessed the latter
  • discussing the difference between Rule 8 and Rule 14 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  • permitting 'reasonable inferences about where evidence is liµely to be µept based on the nature of the evidence and the type of offense'

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Judges: Schroeder, Nelson, Wiggins

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