United States v. Jean Brown

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• concluding that judge’s absence during deliberations was harmless because “nothing else of note” happened while judge was gone
• observing that the drug quantity attributable to the conspiracy, as provided in the penalty subsection of 21 U.S.C. § 841, was a question for the jury under Alleyne because of the mandatory minimum sentences each quantity category carried
• “[W]e routinely decline to address on direct appeal a criminal defendant’s contention that counsel has performed in an ineffective 40 USCA4 Appeal: 19-4104 Doc: 69 Filed: 03/30/2021 Pg: 41 of 48 manner . . . .”

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