United States v. Jose Angel Diaz-Carreon

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a less-than-credible explanation for a defendant’s actions is part of the overall circumstantial evidence from which possession and knowledge may be inferred
• holding that nervous behavior by a defendant can constitute circumstantial evidence that the defendant was aware of the illegal drugs
• noting that defendant gave agents contradictory statements regarding his destination and place of residence
• noting that “[n]ervousness . . . is ‘a normal reaction to circumstances which one does not understand.’”
• noting, in a hidden compartment case, that “[n]ervous behavior at an inspection station frequently constitutes persuasive evidence of guilty knowledge”
• noting, in a hidden compartment case, that “[n]ervous behavior at an inspection station frequently constitutes persuasive evidence of guilty knowledge”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).