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· 1/23/1996

United States v. Gaytan

Citations

  • 74 F.3d 545
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 919
  • 1996 WL 26787

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by departing from a Pattern Jury Instruction to offer a more precise one
  • requiring defendant to demonstrate that district court's sentencing information was \materially untrue\ in order to prevail on appeal
  • “The common goal of the conspiracy was financial gain through the importation and distribution of cocaine from El Paso to California.”
  • uncorroborated portions of testimony were sufficiently reliable when other portions were corroborated and witness was subject to cross-examination

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Judges: Garwood, Smith, Dennis

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