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· 4/1/1988

United States v. Joseph Samuel Kinsey, United States of America v. Albert Kinsey

Citations

  • 843 F.2d 383
  • 25 Fed. R. Serv. 523
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 4062

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that because the evidence of the defendant's \guilt was so overwhelming and convincing that any error in the admission of [the detective's] testimony would be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt\
  • expert properly testified that amount of cocaine found near defendant suggested an intent to distribute
  • control and enforcement of drug abuse and drug trafficking fall within the scope of Congress' delegated powers
  • “[A] ‘wide disparity’ between sentencing schemes of different jurisdictions does not violate equal protection, even where two persons who commit the same crime are subject to different sentences.”
  • rejecting defendant’s identical eighth amendment claim

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Judges: Noonan, Thompson, Tevrizian

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