· 4/25/1990
United States v. Jardee Carter
Citations
- 901 F.2d 683
- 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 6533
- 1990 WL 50817
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- overwhelming evidence found when package contained drugs, defendant’s name, and defendant was seen picking up package and throwing it out of car
- describing the “investigative tools” of the Postal Service’s “Narcotic Mail Profile Program” as impermissible drug courier profile evidence
- “Drug courier profiles are investigative tools, not evidence of guilt. . . . [They] are not to be admitted as substantive evidence of guilt.”
- “Drug courier profiles are investigative tools, not evidence of guilt.... [They] are not to be admitted as substantive evidence of guilt.”
- “The admission of a profile into evidence is inherently prejudicial and can easily influence a jury into thinking that the defendant is guilty.”
- “Drug courier profiles are investigative tools, not evidence of guilt. . . . [They] are not to be admitted as substantive evidence of guilt.”
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Judges: McMillian, Fagg, Heaney
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