· 3/25/1999
United States v. Jonathan S. Edwards
Citations
- 166 F.3d 1362
- 1999 WL 64440
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that “a defendant has constructive possession of a substance if it is being held by an agent of the defendant”
- noting the defendant’s conviction could not be sustained under an aiding and abetting theory because the purported principal, a government agent, never intended to complete the substantive crime
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Judges: Tjoflat, Dubina, Smith
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