United States v. Jonathan Penny

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that “evidence of unexplained wealth is probative and therefore admissible if it creates a reasonable inference of the defendant’s involvement in the drug conspiracy or trafficking”
• stating that constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy is waived “when there is the ‘intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right’ ” and that “the simple failure to assert a right-forfeiture-is distinct from an intentional act-waiver”
• explaining that evidence of wealth is admissible if the government provides evidence that the wealth was derived from illegitimate sources and that wealth was acquired during the alleged conspiracy
• stating that constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy is waived “when there is the ‘intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right’ ” and 26 Nos. 00-4184 & 00-4214 that “the simple failure to assert a right–forfeiture– is distinct from an intentional act–waiver”
• stating common law and F.R.E. 608 permit impeachment based on witness’s character for truthfulness
• stating common law and F.R.E. 608 permit impeachment based on witness’s character for truthfulness

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