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· 3/25/1986

United States v. Jan Dil Khan

Citations

  • 787 F.2d 28
  • 20 Fed. R. Serv. 15
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 23429

How courts have described this case

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

  • distinguishing mistrial granted because of the jury's inability to agree on a verdict with mistrial granted on defendant's request following error in conduct of trial
  • \operations of narcotics dealers are a proper subject for expert testimony under Fed.R.Evid. 702\ and \more than satisf[y] the minimal relevancy standards of Fed.R.Evid. 401\
  • “operations of narcotics dealers' are a proper subject for expert testimony under Fed.R.Evid. 702” and “more than satisf[y] the minimal relevancy standards of Fed.R.Evid. 401”
  • “There is no constitutional right to prison wages and any such 1 compensation is by the grace of the state.”
  • evidence of price of heroin, dress of drug dealers, and transactions in Pakistan admissible to rebut defendant’s argument that he was a poor man rather than a major drug dealer

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Judges: Friendly, Mansfield, Pratt

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