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Fifth Circuit· 10/31/2018

United States v. Efrain Gonzalez

Citations

  • 907 F.3d 869

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that defendant will be held liable for “only those amounts of drugs that he knew or reasonably could have known or believed were involved in the conspiracy” (citation omitted)
  • noting that defendant will be held liable for “only those amounts of drugs that he knew or reasonably could have known or believed were involved in the conspiracy” (citation omitted)
  • noting that the defendant was found in possession of three kilograms of cocaine, a sizeable amount which indicated sufficient evidence for the jury to find that he should have reasonably foreseen he was involved in a conspiracy involving five or more kilograms of cocaine
  • noting that the defendant was found in possession of three kilograms of cocaine, a sizeable amount which indicated sufficient evidence for the jury to find that he should have reasonably foreseen he was involved in a conspiracy involving five or more kilograms of cocaine
  • first quoting United States v. Moreland, 665 F.3d 137, 149 (5th Cir. 2011); then quoting Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979)
  • “[A]n individual dealing in a sizable amount of controlled substances ordinarily would be presumed to recognize that the drug organization with which he deals extends beyond his universe of involvement.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Reavley, Elrod, Higginson

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